I’m OK. [Updated 15/11/08]
I’m going to keep this brief because it’s hard to look at a computer screen at the moment…
For those who don’t know I’ve been in hospital in Seattle since last Saturday morning, the 1st of November. I’ve just been released today and am flying back to Toronto tomorrow morning.
I was admitted to hospital after being attacked by a group of random guys who were harassing a friend of mine that I was trying to help get into a cab. The attack was completely unprovoked and unwarranted. I was not drunk, nor do I remember what happened after the first punch crushed my glasses into my eye.
The result of the attack left me with a fracture in my nose and another in the lower left portion of my orbital socket. Neither appear to be serious but I am required to follow up with specialists to rule out corrective surgery at a later date.
After spending the night in the ER I was released but due to the concussion, drugs, swollen eye, the constant nausea from cat-scan dye, etc my sugar levels were drastically screwed and I was in no condition to fix them resulting in an attack of Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) to which I was then readmitted 12 hours later and spent the next 5 days recovering from.
As scary as all that sounds, I’m OK. I’m very lucky and very thankful to the nursing staff of Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. I’m not even close to 100% of my normal self and my vision is still slightly blurred but it will hopefully have no permanent damage. My nose is not knocked out of alignment nor am I hideously disfigured but I do have some rather deep bruising and cuts about the place.
I’m sorry if I’ve had anyone worried but being out of contact but this is the first chance I’ve had to be in touch with anyone beyond family.
Update – 13/11/08
A few common questions have come up in regards to what happened so I thought I’d just update you all here…
I have no idea how many people were actually punching me, all I can remember is that there were 5 of them there and at least one was punching my face.
There was little to no chance of the police finding the attackers and they were quite upfront in telling me this. A fact I completely understand being it was Halloween and there were thousands of people on the street.
I will be returning to Australia sooner than expected. Most likely early December but this is yet to be confirmed.
Update – 15/11/08
Here’s a photo of my damaged eye as of today. As you can see it’s healing nicely and the bruising has almost gone. You can click on the image to load it up in Flickr which will point out the two fracture points as they’re hard to see with the naked eye.
November 8th, 2008 at 5:56 am
Holy crap. Glad you’re okay.
November 8th, 2008 at 8:24 am
Hey buddy. Good to see that you are ok and that they did not do more damage. Did they catch the people who did this? Fuckers. Look after your self dude. Hope you feel better soon.
November 8th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
jeebers. Lemme know if we can help. Love from here mr.
November 8th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Just thought I’d check in. Clearly not much is happening so I’ll check back in again next week to see if anything newsworthy has occurred.
November 8th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
f$@# Raj, good to know you’re all right. Freakin little punks. That really sucks when some thing so bad can happen to someone as nice as you are. F#*%KERS if I was there I’d hunt them down and kick their asses!
November 8th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Jamie just told me about your blog entry. Glad you are ok, but its shitty to hear stuff like that happens, especially to kids like you. Take care and I hope you bruises fade soon. Chat l8r
November 8th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Shit man that sucks! Hopefully there’s no permanent damage. Rest up & get well.
November 9th, 2008 at 11:19 am
Oh Arjy-Barjy, that is just awful. Sending you love kisses, alcohol, hugs, good DVD’s, great game time, and of course a very fast recovery.
November 10th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
Man, that’s shit! Get better quickly yeah. Lots of love from here too.
November 12th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
Far out! Hope your okay now! Thinking of you! x
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November 14th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Sorry to hear about your random attack. Karma will get those punks.
So happy your ok!
Hugs :))
Brodie
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