Seriously?!

Yesterday afternoon I was heading out to Kids Market when Jarom called me and told me to wait due to weather. So I waited and then started out to go again when Jarom calls again and told me he had just been in an accident and that we needed to go to the ER. (Mind you, this is the 2nd time in less than 2 weeks that we have been at the ER for Jarom...)

He was sitting at a red light in Decatur, and looked in his rear view mirror just as the Chevy pickup slammed into his Chevy truck. The guy never even hit his brakes, and was probably going 40 or higher. Jarom started pumping his brakes, but it was no use as the impact slammed him into the Honda in front of him. His neck, back, and head started immediately hurting bad, so we had to go to the ER once he got home. It smashed the back of his truck pretty bad, the bumper and rear panels mashed, pushed the front bumper in, and the impact was so hard it sent his toolbox in the back of his truck sliding and scratched most of the paint off of the bed of the truck.

The guy that hit him never even said a word to Jarom, never asked if he was okay or anything! There happened to be a police officer behind the guy that hit Jarom but he didn't see the accident somehow. The cop was a real jerk to Jarom, being short with him, and wouldn't give him any info about the other guy, if he was insured, or anything. So we HOPE the guy had insurance! The guy was taking pictures, so I really hope so!

So Decatur is full of jerks. No offense if you live there, but seriously, everyone involved couldn't have been ruder to Jarom. We have to drive back Monday to get the accident report.

The truck is drivable so Jarom made it home and I had just finished dinner so we ate and Dad and Bob watched Addie as we went to the ER. Huntsville had about the same wait as Crestwood, so we went there and the place was PACKED of sick nasty people. I tried not to breathe too much! We finally get back to the ER and the doctor that helped Jarom was a social idiot. He says "so you think you broke your neck?" Jarom tells him no and he says "then why are you here?" WHAT?! He just was in a 3 car accident and is in bad pain and you want to know why he is here?! The doctor proceeds with his lovely bedside manner and tells Jarom that he has huge tonsils for an adult and doesn't even order an x ray or ct scan. He says "so what kind of pain meds do you want? Tylenol, ibuprofen, loratab, percocet?" YOU ARE THE DR!! You tell me!

So NOT a good experience in the ER this time. We had such a great experience last time that we were disillusioned. This time was really bad! However we did get out in a total of 2.5 hours, so not horrible waiting times. You have got to love dropping another $300 on ER co pays. Brings the grand total for the last two weeks to $1440 before the 6 prescriptions we have had in 2 weeks, and we HAVE health insurance! This really puts a cramp in my budget for the month!

And as much as it might sound like I am complaining... I really couldn't be happier. I have a wonderful, mostly healthy family. I love my sweet husband and am so glad that he has a job that will provide the money to help us pay for these bills!