BUT, last week was nuts. I mean CRAZY. Don't worry, everything is ok but last Wednesday, I was in a car accident. Now, I've never been in a car accident and I'm a super type-A person who is a perfectionist and follows all rules possible...you'd think that would give me some luck, but not last week. I was driving in rush hour, bumper to bumper traffic...going about 10mph when from out of no where some red minivan decided to rear end me. Now, it wasn't just a little tap...I saw it coming from my rear view mirror and braced myself for the impact. I was in the left lane where there was no shoulder...I had no where to go to avoid the crash. But, from my rear view mirror I saw a girl with long blonde hair driving, her head was down and then SMACK. Right into the back of my Cadillac SRX. I was in shock. I've never been in an accident before and now, the first one I ever get into is when I'm 30 and PREGNANT!! It gets even better...since she was coming in super hot/fast, she smacked into me and hit me so hard it brought her to a complete stop so the guy behind her, rammed into the girl resulting in hitting me AGAIN. And get this...the guy that hit the girl, LEFT THE SCENE. Bastard. Can you say hit and run? UGh.
So, after things settled down, kind of...we got out of the cars and exchanged insurance information. Like I said, I was in shock and bawling my eyes out... I didn't car about the cars, just the baby. She hit me so hard that my head hit the back of my seat about 3-4 times, I had instant neck pain, my left wrist was hurting because I braced the steering wheel before the hit. That poor girl, I got out of my car and literally yelled at her, "WHAT WERE YOU DOING? TEXTING?! I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She started to cry. We called the cops and they came... they asked if I needed an ambulance and I politely asked if they came with ultrasound machines because I didn't care about anything else. The State Trooper saw how much distress I was in and calmly had me sit down in my car and listen to some music while he went and reamed out the teenager. After that, I'm not really sure what happened...I'm assuming she got a citation, we both received the police report and since the cars were drivable, I went home, crying.
I called the on-call OB to make sure the baby was ok as soon as I got home...she wasn't too concerned and said since I was only 16 weeks, the baby wasn't big enough to be injured, especially because my belly isn't big enough to hit anything. But, I still went in on Thursday to get checked out -- my doc was on-call but the other doctor checked me out. She found the heartbeat right away and didn't feel any need to do blood tests or ultrasounds. I also went into the family practitioner to get my neck and wrist checked out. They said I have a mild concussion, a neck strain, and a wrist strain. Goodness...I did go back to the normal doctor today for my standard monthly checkup. All is good -- my belly is really starting to come out and we're feeling lots of feather-tickling throughout the day. The heartbeat has stayed around 150bpm now for the last couple times I've been in...all is good. Next up, our anatomy scan!
Are you wondering about damage to the car? Well, the entire back bumper was unhinged and pushed up against the hatch back, the park assist wasn't working, and our hitch was pushed all the way underneath the car resulting in some frame damage. They called yesterday and said that the overall costs to fix would be $6500!!!!!!!!!!!! UFFDA.
Wow!!!!!!!! I'm so glad you're ok and got everything checked out to put your mind at ease. That's so scary. Teenagers and texting is so frightening. Do you have to pay the $6500? Does your insurance cover it?
ReplyDeleteIt ended up being over $8k but we didn't have to pay since it wasn't my fault.. thank goodness! Plus MN is no fault. So, all is good.
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