Injuries

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On several occasions I was right on the spot when someone got injured when I was very young. These events made an impression on me that I still remember, so here they are.

 

 

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Injuries

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Chick

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When we lived on 3rd street in Phillips, I was down in the Big Hole Park behind our house watching a bunch of the boys from the neighborhood play football. There was this kid named Chick Curren that lived across the street from us who had just made a good run. Hidden out of site in the grass was a 6 inch drain pipe that drained the water out of the Big Hole when it rained. Someone had tripped up Chick on his run and he went sliding in the grass. His right knee hit squarely on the hidden pipe edge and it cut deeply into his knee. The blood was just pouring out of the wound and his brothers picked him up and carried him home. I didn’t see him for a long time after than until one day he was out side doing something outside wearing shorts. I went over and and there it was staring me in the face. It was a huge smiley face scar right there on his knee. I remember thinking that that cut wasn’t anything to smile about.

 

Hey Chick, watch out for that hidden drain pipe in the deep grass or you might get a bad cut on your knee.

 

 

 

JerrylDine

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My sister JerrylDine and I were climbing the Elm trees in front of our house on 3rd Street in Phillips. She was in one tree and I was in the other, and we were trying to see who could climb the highest. We were pretty high up in the tree when she lost her hold and fell out of the tree screaming all the way to the ground. She put out one of her hands to catch herself which may have been a mistake. She suffered a compound fracture of the lower arm bone when she hit. She was screaming to high heaven when I got down out of my tree and I could see the bone from her arm protruding through the skin on her arm. I helped her into the house and my Mom took her to the ER screaming all the way there. I guess it must have hurt pretty bad. The Doctor fixed her arm and put a cast on it. She milked that broken arm for every thing it was worth for the next three months. I ended up doing my chores and hers until she got that cast removed. I thought about trying to break my arm to get out of chores for a while, but I just didn’t have the guts.

 

Hey Billy Ray, don’t forget to makeup my bed and pick up my dirty clothes. Oh and don’t forget to help Mom with the dishes tonight.

 

 

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Billy Ray

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When I was 4 years old, we were living at Philview Camp west of Borger, Texas. I was sitting at the breakfast table in my underwear while my Mom was fixing breakfast. She poured boiling water into a Coco mix she had whipped up in one of those thick Navy cups with no handles and sat it on the table near me telling me to let cool before I drank it. I was ready for my coco so I reached out and grabbed it and it slipped out of my hand dumping the contents into my lap. I got naked in record time, but the damage was done. I had blistered my twanger, my scrotum, and the soft tender skin on either side. I was screaming to high heaven by now and my Mom hauled me to the ER. The doctor inspected the damage and just shook his head. He was very carefully putting medicine on my injured parts. I can remember walking stiff legged for a long time after that until I healed. The next time my Mom told me to let something cool, I paid attention and heeded.

 

Believe me, there is nothing worse than dumping boiling hot coco on your twanger and your scrotum while sitting in your underwear. It’s extremely painful and takes forever to heal.

 

 

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Thanks for reading Injuries,
Bill