Yesterday am I was on my way to work riding with the flow of traffic coming up on a red light. It was a 3 lane part of the road, I was in the middle lane soon to be turning into the far left turn lane.
When all of the sudden the guy in a Mercedes in front of me brake checks me with multiple car lengths of empty space in front of him. I don't have much time at all to react and just clip the very edge of his bumper. I hit it and get knocked to the left of the car and tumble into the turning lane.
I start to get up and feel some serious pain on my left thigh. I sit up and see my shorts drenched in blood and starting to quickly pool up on top of my shorts and on the ground around me. I started to feel light headed and I laid back down. I tried to keep looking to my left to make sure I wasn't going to get hit by any cars, but it was hard to do at the time. I started hearing a bunch of car doors open and shut around me. After a few seconds and man came up to me and started putting pressure on my leg where the source of the injury. He was a awesome guy who quite possibly saved my life before the EMT's got there.
The EMT's were pretty sure I could have severed my femoral artery and wanted to get me taken care of asap. They were waiting to hear from Stanford Hospital's helicopter to see if they could fly me out there. But because of the weather, they weren't able to land anywhere close. So the EMT's brought me to the closest hospital so I could start getting treatment.
After MRI's, ultrasounds, and xrays, they came to the conclusion that I partially severed a femoral vein rather than the artery. After everything I ended up getting stapled shut. The hole is about an inch long and 3-4 inches deep. I was VERY lucky to miss the femoral artery and to have made it out alive. Pretty freaking scary day yesterday.
After examining the wound more today, it looks like my brake lever did it. Yikes.
Here is my super swollen leg:
When all of the sudden the guy in a Mercedes in front of me brake checks me with multiple car lengths of empty space in front of him. I don't have much time at all to react and just clip the very edge of his bumper. I hit it and get knocked to the left of the car and tumble into the turning lane.
I start to get up and feel some serious pain on my left thigh. I sit up and see my shorts drenched in blood and starting to quickly pool up on top of my shorts and on the ground around me. I started to feel light headed and I laid back down. I tried to keep looking to my left to make sure I wasn't going to get hit by any cars, but it was hard to do at the time. I started hearing a bunch of car doors open and shut around me. After a few seconds and man came up to me and started putting pressure on my leg where the source of the injury. He was a awesome guy who quite possibly saved my life before the EMT's got there.
The EMT's were pretty sure I could have severed my femoral artery and wanted to get me taken care of asap. They were waiting to hear from Stanford Hospital's helicopter to see if they could fly me out there. But because of the weather, they weren't able to land anywhere close. So the EMT's brought me to the closest hospital so I could start getting treatment.
After MRI's, ultrasounds, and xrays, they came to the conclusion that I partially severed a femoral vein rather than the artery. After everything I ended up getting stapled shut. The hole is about an inch long and 3-4 inches deep. I was VERY lucky to miss the femoral artery and to have made it out alive. Pretty freaking scary day yesterday.
After examining the wound more today, it looks like my brake lever did it. Yikes.
Here is my super swollen leg: