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We were up and on the road reasonably early. Drove back down to LaGuardia, returned the car, and got a cab to the hotel in Midtown (a block from the Empire State Building). Got there at noon. We walked two blocks and ate at a Mexican restaurant. We left there and turned the corner where Cindy tripped on a rough patch of sidewalk and fell. It was a bad fall. She was wearing a backpack, and the extra weight pusher her straight forward onto the ground. She landed on the palm of her right hand, the back of her left arm under her, and her face. A small crowd of people gathered to help. We got her to sit up, got her pack off, then stand, unsteadily. They gave us some tissues to wash her scraped up face. One guy tried to convince me to call 911, and then he finally just called for us. Fire truck arrived first and they gave her an initial check, and put antiseptic on her face. Then the EMTs gave us a ride to nearby Bellevue Hospital in an ambulance.
The place was jammed, so everything took a long time. Her right arm hurt when she rotated her hand, but it was worse over time. When they x-rayed it, she had to turn it in different positions, and it was excruciating. Turns out the radius is fractured near the elbow.
Accident happened a little before 1:00. Left the hospital around 9:15. Was around two hours from when they told us about the fracture, and when they told us the treatment - a sling. So now we're learning how to function with only one arm. Dressing has been the biggest challenge so far.
She's got a grey swollen bruise over her eye that I'm scared about what it will look like tomorrow. Also a scraped, swollen nose, and her lower lip is pretty beat up. She's taking ibuprophen for the pain. We walked back to the hotel from the hospital, and we weren't moving very quickly.
The place was jammed, so everything took a long time. Her right arm hurt when she rotated her hand, but it was worse over time. When they x-rayed it, she had to turn it in different positions, and it was excruciating. Turns out the radius is fractured near the elbow.
Accident happened a little before 1:00. Left the hospital around 9:15. Was around two hours from when they told us about the fracture, and when they told us the treatment - a sling. So now we're learning how to function with only one arm. Dressing has been the biggest challenge so far.
She's got a grey swollen bruise over her eye that I'm scared about what it will look like tomorrow. Also a scraped, swollen nose, and her lower lip is pretty beat up. She's taking ibuprophen for the pain. We walked back to the hotel from the hospital, and we weren't moving very quickly.
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Date: 2026-04-22 01:00 pm (UTC)From:I hope she heals up quickly. When you go back home, she can tell people that the city literally beat her up. "I didn't get beat up in New York, I got beat up by New York."
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Date: 2026-04-23 01:32 am (UTC)From:Ha ha, yeah. Fortunately there are some kind people here.
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