Diary entry for March 18th, 2009
March 18th, 2009
I just got back from the hospital, we had a little accident with the motorcycle. I’m pretty much ok, only have a few bruises and my knee is fukt. The private hospitals in South Africa seem to do a nice job, I got out in two hours :)
I was sitting at the back of the motorcycle while Dewald was driving, we were on our way to buy a computer cable thingy. A car stopped in the middle of the road without signalling to turn or anything, so Dewald passed it at full speed. When we were right after the car the driver decided to turn in, so we crashed into the side. Don’t really have an idea what happend after, I hope I did a nice salto before landing on the pavement. :)
Anyway, we both landed on the pavement, next to the broken motorcycle. I stood up immediately, looking if Dewald was ok. Was heavily bleeding from my nose, hand and knee but didn’t seem to notice it at the time.
Bystanders helped us, giving me a tissue and some sugerwater because I was shaking a bit. I found my shoe under the motorcycle, which was leaking gasoline. I doubt if it survived the crash, there were pieces of plastic and metal all over the place. Guess Dewald will have to come to work on foot xD.
Ambulances were there pretty quickly, we were lucky to crash a few blocks from the hospital I suppose. Medics checked me out, saying my knee shows burnwounds and it doesn’t look too good. They seemed surprised I could walk. :)
Dewald has hurt his arm pretty bad, not broken luckily. Sitting in the office, just had lunch. I got hungry in the hospital :)
Well, that was pretty much my day untill now. Lets hope the rest is better ;-)

There are 2 replies to this item:
March 19th, 2009
Nick says:
Ello :)
ja, denk dat we inderdaad sjans gehad hebben. Volgens Dewald gingen we 70km/u toen we tegen de zijkant van die auto gecrasht zijn, en mijn knie zat tussen de auto en motor. Heb sjans gehad dat ie niet plat was :)
Ik hink nu wat rond op kantoor, lopen gaat moeilijk maar t’gaat wel… Doet nog altijd pijn :(
Tgaat wel beteren in de volgende dagen :))
March 19th, 2009
RedNav says:
awel merci wei
k peinzen da je change gehad et.
Alle, bedankt aan de omstaanders om je daar wat te helpen. Hoe is het nu met je knie? Is het al wat beter? Gewrichtsbanden gescheurd of zo? aiaiiai opassen he jongen. Een geluk dat je niks gebroken hebt, ‘t zou veel erger kunnen geweest zijn. Je hebt geluk gehad.