
Full Speed Ahead!
“Oooooomph!!!” The speeding blur barely registered on my brain before the brutal impact. My ribs cracked and all the air I had in me seemed to vacate my body. Stars filled my visual field. The old trauma nurse in me ticked off a list of possible damage; a ruptured spleen? A punctured lung? Maybe a pulmonary contusion would be my fate? Within seconds, my ribs returned their normal positions and allowed fresh air to enter my lungs and clear the stars. Finally, my assumption of