RE: [RC] Rude riders - now injured riders - Kristen A Fisher
I saw someone like this at a ride a few years ago; she
was laying on the ground [one of the RMs was with her, so we rode on by] asking
"why am I on the ground" and "where's my horse" over and over. I heard the
sirens later but we were told at the mtg that she did not go to the hospital.
Not smart IMO.
I told my friends then and there, if I get knocked out,
NO MATTER WHAT I SAY WHEN I COME TO, take me to the hospital.
Period.
Kristen
Second example - my horse does not do well with the ocean,
spooked, stopped and faced it, tried to back away from the monster, and
flipped over backwards when he tripped. I went left, he went right. I landed
on my hip, then my head - hard enough to crush the helmet by about 1/2" at a
spot around the base of my skull. The fall knocked me out for a short period
of time, and I got up asking "What happened?" I tried to insist I was well
enough to finish the ride, but since I was asking "What happened?" every 2
minutes, no one was buying, and off I went to the hospital. I started
remembering things again about 3 hours later. I am convinced that I would be
dead or hurt bad enough that I wouldn't be typing now without that helmet. I
still don't remember anything between the time I was airborn and "waking up"
in the hospital. If someone had let me get back on, and I'd fallen off again,
a second blow could have killed
me.
