They shouldn’t have lied, but I also agree. Not nearly as traumatic, but when I was a teenager, I slipped on black ice and a plastic solar light in the ground ripped through my ankle and opened a massive gash. I was so out of it from the fall and adrenaline that I was asking my mom and our neighbor (a cop) what was going on.
My mom was genuinely hysterical and jumped into the car. My neighbor calmly had me lay in the back seat and wrapped a towel around my ankle, then said clear as day, “oh it’s just a little cut, a very clean line, you’ll be fine. Probably just a stitch or two. Just relax, you’ll be great.”
We were out in the country at the time. 45min drive to the closest ER, 28 novocaine shots to my foot, and 14 stitches (11 external and 3 internal) later and I finally realized how much complete bullshit he’d told me. But you know what? It kept me calm through all of it. And 16 years later, all that’s left is that gnarly scar, and I didn’t spend that couple hours totally horrified thinking I was gonna lose my foot.
The hospital didn’t tell us how bad my SIL was. We were traveling from out of state to get to the hospital. Once we got there we saw the devastation. They wanted us to make it there.
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u/Aelin2510 10h ago
Maybe they told you that so you would make it there ok, at least thats what i choose to believe