Early December 2009, I was bleeding out after a fall from a mountain in NM during a blizzard. Wound up losing a spleen and a kidney, broke 3 ribs and a vert, and took one of the ribs into the chest cavity. 2 hours for rescue guys to get to me because of the blizzard.
I woke up 3 days later in a hospital with a few tubes down my throat and spent another 2 weeks in critical care/trauma ward. Took me a long time to recover.
But the thing I first thought when I woke up was 'dammit, I'm still here'. I can relate to what the doc is talking about.
/johnny
Thanks for your testimony.