IrishNola's blog: "The 10 min ride of Death/ Rebirth/ Life"

Between my memories and the reports this is what happened.

I finally got my motorcycle started again after the winter zapped my battery. After getting it started I decided to go for a quick ride and think. Once I left the driveway I was just going to test it down to the next road where I could turn around and come back home. Was supposed to be nothing more than a 5 - 10 min ride.

First thing my hat flew off,checked where it was and turned my attention back to the road,before I knew it there was trouble,and in my road. A car far over the line on my side lead me to go off the road the bike then went out of control and threw me off of it down into a 50 ft ravine,apparently there I laid unconscious for at least 30-45 mins or so. When I came to I knew I was bleeding and badly injured. I heard someone calling out if anyone was down where I was,I responded and let them know I was down. they had seen my motorcycle wrecked against a tree with the lights still on. they called to me and asked if I could climb up,I did but don't remember it or know how I did it. Barely making it to the top the person calling me pulled me up the rest of the way and told her sister to call 911. I laid there not knowing who was holding me or just how badly I was injured,all I could do was lay there bleeding and breathing, the person who came to my aid holding my head in her lap and telling me not to move. The first responder was a AR State trooper,. He also kept me talking and conscious until the paramedics arrived. Not long after they did,they collared me and boarded me to keep me still. Moved me to the ambulance,once inside I must have had convulsions and they were losing my heart beat , everything went black and then a bright flash / convulsion and I was awake again barely,apparently they had to use the defibrillator on me then transported me to the local community center to be care-flighted to UAMS in Little Rock. 

I wound up with more than 24 lacerations body wide 16 on my head, right arm, and right shoulder. A broken right elbow,the tips of my fingers ground down almost to the bone,and road rash all over my right side and right arm and worst of all a lacerated spleen. I spent 3 days in the hospital and was about to be released when I passed out and fell in the bathroom pulled the emergency string got no response and laid there god knows how long. When I came to,I thought I felt ok. Made my way back to my bed and sat down. Then when my ride arrived my body started to be wracked my massive pains and convulsions in my abdomen,followed by muscle cringes that dropped me to a fetal position each time it came. By the next morning after these episodes making me hurt so bad I was screaming out loud (mind you I'm no puss,I can take pain better than most with a smile) but I felt like I was dying. After screaming at a nurse who was obviously a tard who just kept saying "what's wrong" doctors in the hall heard my screams and rushed me to another CT scan and discovered my spleen had ruptured fully,rushed me to the O.R. and once there I was blacking out again then the bright flash / convulsion again, once stable they put the anesthesia mask on and cut me open and removed it. I stayed in almost another 3 weeks and was released. I have done much with my life , I have faced death many,many times. But this time I stared it right in the face and almost didn't survive. So now I'm minus a spleen. My scars will heal as will my body,but I will never forget this. I am thankful of those who found,me and came to my rescue,I would have died shortly had they not,to all of you who aided me I hope who or whatever you worship gives you grace for my life and extends your own.