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September 21, 2003 at 10:51 am
A short (and somewhat unrelated) story...
An adventure from the wedding…
The bride is a nurse. Because of this, so were many of the guests and attendants in the wedding.
At one point during the reception, my wife and two other Bride’s Maids (all nurses) and I were outside getting some fresh air.
All of a sudden, we heard a bunch of kids yelling, “Please help! Please help us!”
Startled, we looked over towards a nearby playground as three children helped a small, fourth child (a girl) walk across the field that separated the playground from the parking lot. The little girl was crying hysterically.
Upon seeing this, we ran over to see what was wrong. The little girl had gotten her leg stuck under the Merry-Go-Round while it was being pushed and had a large chunk of flesh ripped off of her leg. The flesh was still attached, but she was bleeding a lot.
One of Julianna’s friends picked her up and began to carry her back to the parking lot where the other children had run to fetch their father — these children were not from the wedding and their father was in a nearby gym.
After handing the child off to another man who was taking a break from the wedding, the nurses went to find some first aid supplies. All they could find was an Ace bandage and a Maxi-Pad — quite an ingenious form of sterile gauze if you’re ever stuck out in the wilderness.
While the nurses were at work, the father turned to another of his daughters and asked her to go get her brother. All she could say was, “But he’s playing one-on-one!”
The father annoyingly responded, “Go get your brother and tell him that it is time for us to go!”
The girl turned and began to walk over to the basketball courts. No fast enough though, as Dad yelled, “Run! Go and get him quickly!”
After wrapping the girl’s leg, the father got his kids and left (hopefully, to go to an Urgent Care or the hospital).
What a day! (As if weddings aren’t stressful enough.)
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