@Region Philbis,
Too many damn deer around here now. Its weird, up in the mountainous region of Pa where all the deer have historically been, are now pretty much devoid of the buggers and all aroiund the farming area and suburban SE , have the damn things relocated themselves.
The deer was a small buck with about 4 points. As he gradually came to, he began thrashing and going nuts. I got out of the car sort of in time because I remembered a story about a guy and a woman who were hit by a deer and it came through their windshield . They both thought the deer was dead and were sitting in the car with the deer in their lap while they tried to calm down. Their deer also came to and gored trhe guy really badly, he got peritonitis and almost died from the gore job.
My wife said be thankful it wasnt a moose. Up in MAine each year are hundreds of moose encounters and several dozen turn out very fatal.
My eyes seem really good this AM, I took my patch off cause it itches and no fuzziness or halos. Maybe I can get it off without having to be deriven down to Philly.
Ive been recalling the accident for the insurance form and the only thing I can recall is that I saw the deer kind of launching off a bank to my left (The road is cut like a culvert into this ridge. ) When he hit the ground to my left he bolted and even though I tried to swerve, he came into contact with my hood and window.
The force he exerted is what probably did in my windo and put it on my lap. (CJ) while the window mostly did its job, the central portion , where he actually hit , actually felt like it exploded and the little cubes of glass (the safety feature) were all over the place like shotgun pellets. However, gl;ass is glass and there will be an amount of amorphous chunks that can cut .
My wife said the damage is about 10K , I need a new dash, interiror headliner on the sunroof, a new hood, window , wipers and trim, wheel and electronics harness, and a really good detailing. I hope they dont decide to total it cause it really doesnt look that bad (except for the blood and hair on the seats). Its a 08 Escape Hybrid and Ive grown really attached to the little thing . (We call it SPARKY)
I think, from here on out, Ill drive a truck during hunting season, the hunters have the deer all spooked and constantly moving. Only 7 more days and then they can go back to eating Rice a Roni.
My ribs are all black and blue and my next concern is a hietal hernia possibility. HAs anyone ever had a hietal hernia? I have no expwerience except the pulmonary and bone guys felt that it was a possible serious complication that I should have handled. (My feeling is that doctors oughta advertise because the only client development opportunities they get is to convince shlubs like me to have my lungs removed when maybe that isnt the correct therapy).
Im gonna go over to the body shop and look at my car today.
In case anyone cared, I got my paintings delivered to the First Friday art show and I had my accident ON THE WAY BACK FROM THE GALLERY!!!
By the way, who says he comes from Venis ?
