My buddies helped me out of the car just before it caught fire. The guy that forced us into the tree just kept going.
I felt something warm on my face and wiped it with my hand, which hurt like hell. In the dull light of the busted headlights I examined the fluid and realized it was my blood. I felt weak in the knees.
Ken had a cell phone and he called 911. Philip sat me down on a large bolder next to the tree we had hit.
When the police arrived, Ken and Philip told the guys in blue what had happened. "Our friend needs some medical attention," I heard someone say.
The cops called an ambulance. I had no idea I was hurt so badly. My buds followed in the police car sirens blaring. I remember it made my head hurt to hear that loud noise.
Later, Philip told me that it was the ambulance sirens that I heard.
I think I remember feeling dizzy as they rolled me into the hospital. When Ken and Phil arrived they found my wallet and gave my medical card to the admitting nurse.
I don't really remember any of that, but this is what they told me when I finally woke up after the surgery.
The following morning, an angel woke me to give feed me a painkiller. And I really needed it. My head felt like it would explode. My hands were covered in gauze.
"My name's Mary and I will be your day nurse while you're here" she said softly. "How are you feeling this morning, Scott?"
"You must have the wrong patient, my name's Carl! I feel like I was hit by a truck." I said as seriously as I possibly could under the circumstances.
I heard her rattle papers and then she laughed. "You had me scared there for a moment."
"Why are my hands covered?" I asked.
"That's so you can't pull at your eyes," she told me. "We'll take that off in a few days. You had some glass in your right eye and they are concerned about that. You were lucky."
"I don't feel lucky. Am I going to be blind?" I shook as I spoke those words.
"No," she assured me. The doctor said you might lose a little peripheral vision, but you sight was in tact. He'll be in to talk with you in a little bit. In the meantime, would you like me to feed you your breakfast?" her voice was soft and angelic.
"That would be great since I can't see a thing. I'd hate to stick my fork into my leg for another injury," I tried to joke but wasn't very successful.
"Open wide," she said and I stuck my tongue out at her as she tried to push a spoonful of oatmeal into my mouth.
The doctor came in a while later and explained that there had been glass in my eye, but he was sure that it didn't do any major damage. "We'll know in about three days. Until then we'll give them time to heal and keep them bandaged and try to keep you as comfortable as possible.
They also stitched up my forehead for the length of an inch and a half. Evidently it was a deep cut.
Phil and Ken came by a while later, I had no idea of the time since I couldn't see anything. They brought coffee and doughnuts. And were totally unprepared for the sight of me.
They fed me and while I was eating that sweet bread doughnut, Nurse Mary came in once again.
"What are you doing? He just had breakfast and shouldn't be eating that anyway!" she scolded them. I knew by the voice it was the same nurse.
"You need to watch what you eat" she scolded me. Then she gave me a pill for pain and left.
"What's she look like guys?" I wanted to know.
"Ahhh, you wouldn't like her, not your type. Short, squatty, fat body, scraggly hair, pimples on her face!" they described her.
"Come on man, they're not going to hire a nurse that looks like that!" I protested. "What's she really look like?"
"We just told you, man," they laughed.
The days passed and I grew restless to get the bandages off my eyes. I couldn't tell one from the other and I couldn't count them either, since I couldn't see light, only dark.
Then one morning, the angel's voice told me they were going to take my bandages off.
"We'll see if you can see," she whispered just loud enough for a chill to run through me.
"If I'm blind for the rest of my life, will you take care of me?" I asked her.
"Of course I will!" I could here a smile in her voice. "Are you ready for breakfast?"
When she had finished feeding me, I heard the door open. Then Doctor Rigamer walked in. "How are you doing this morning, Scotty? Ready to get that gauze off your eyes?"
I became nervous and anxious. "Hell yeah! I want to see the sun again!" I told him.
"Well, let's see if you can! Nurse, will you close the blinds please?" he said to Mary.
I heard the rustle of her uniform as she approached the shades. They clattered as she released them.
"Here goes everything," the doctor said and I heard the sound of scissors cutting the gauze. "Keep your eyes closed for me until I tell you to open them," he told me.
"Sure thing," I whispered as my heart pounded against my chest. My hands were moist with fear. I swallowed hard and licked my lips in preparation.
Once the bandages were removed, he pulled off little circles that had been placed over my eyelids. "Try to open your eyes, Scotty."
I felt my eyelids slid up and there was some pain associated with it. They burned and the light hurt them. But I was glad I could see the light.
"Can you see anything besides the light?" the doctor asked.
"Yeah, But some things are blurry like faces and furniture," I told him, and my hands shook.
"Give it a few minutes. You need to adjust. It's been two weeks since you've tried to see anything."
I felt some pain when I opened them again but things were coming in clearer each time I tried to see. Then I saw her face. She really was an angel.
"I can see nurse Mary," I said.
"Good, and can you see me?" the doctor asked.
"Yeah, but you're not as pretty!"
"I hope not, my patients wouldn't respect me if I was pretty!" he joked. Then getting serious, he said, "We're going to keep you here a few more days and see if your vision improves or worsens. Just to make sure."
"Sure doc, I'll get to know this pretty lady a little better now that I know my friends lied about how beautiful she is."
The doc left and Mary said that she had other, sicklier, patients to tend to. "I'll see you in a while."
As she walked out the door, I noticed that she was wearing white thigh high stockings. My dick stood up and my heartbeat skipped once then sped up.