ipl-logo

The Cracked Heart: A Short Story

518 Words3 Pages

Cracked skull. Broken ribs. Broken collarbone. The skin on left hand side of her body scraped and grazed, in some places completely ripped off. Alive. She had cracked her head against the bonnet of the car, then again against the tarmac; this could have killed her, yet the skull did not completely break, only crack. She was lucky; she landed well when she had been launched off her bike; knees drawn up to her chest, landing on her shoulder protecting her legs and organs, but still breaking three of her left ribs and her collarbone slamming into the tarmac. She sandpapered her skin when she was skidding along the road, the friction burns and grazes not going deep but causing an immense amount of pain. Rendered unconscious, rushed into A&E by paramedics, grazes treated, skull glued black together, bruises iced, left arm put into a sling. But she was alive. :: …show more content…

There wasn't much to do about broken ribs and collarbone, except reduce movement and wait for them to heal naturally. She was in a state of unconsciousness not caused by hospital drugs, but the force inflicted upon her brain. The medics believed it too early to distinguish whether the unconsciousness was simply her brain blacking out in effort to spare it the pain the body was going through, or a coma. If Coley woke up, they would be able to tell whether brain damage had set in; scans had turned up inconclusive, so the best they could do was to stick her head back together and hope for the best. An heart rate monitor and an IV attached to her broken body. Her breathing was shallow but regular; she was going to be alright, but in a coma or awake they did not

Show More
Related

  • The Court Case Of Cara Knott

    707 Words  | 3 Pages

    Keys were still in the ignition of her car, and her purse was still in the car, implying that it wasn't a robbery gone wrong. Later on, only 75 feet away, her body was found at the bottom of a 65-foot ravine. She had ligature marks on her neck, which caused her to die of strangulation, and a large bruise on her

    Read More

  • Mcginnis Methadone: A Case Study

    291 Words  | 2 Pages

    Upon discharge, she returned home with her son, Michael and Viva Hospice Service. During hospice admission at home, Ms. McGinnis fell out of hospital bed and got her head stuck in the bedside commode railing. The hospice nurse, Karen called EMS and she was transported

    Read More

  • Jonbenet Ramsey Case Summary

    518 Words  | 3 Pages

    Afterward, the autopsy was completed and the findings were horrible because she had an eight inch facture to the skull from hard blow to the head from a blunt object. The autopsy also reveal the cause of her death was from asphyxiation due to strangulation. At the same time, it was reported that her hymen had some damage, that indicated a possible sexual assault. Nevertheless, the detectives continue to search the home to see who was presence at the home at the time of her death, which included her mom, dad, and brother.

    Read More

  • Oxford Prison Attack Case Study

    372 Words  | 2 Pages

    The woman was taken to St Vincent’s hospital with injuries sustained from physical restraint. She remains there in a stable condition. The suspect was described

    Read More

  • Silver Mun Observation

    540 Words  | 3 Pages

    Officers learned that the silver Subaru was the vehicle that struck Agnes. Agnes was concsious and alert when I arrived on scene. I observed a facial laceration in the area of Agnes ' forehead which was actively bleeding and formed a small puddle of blood on the roadway. There was an individual on scene prior to police arrival who placed a rag on Agnes ' head and held pressure on the wound until an ambulance arrived. When Shenandoah Ambulance arrived on scene they assessed Agnes ' injuries.

    Read More

  • Ernie Lopez And The Death Of 6 Month Old Isis

    661 Words  | 3 Pages

    She died the next day and Ernie was arrested immediately being suspected for her death. Medical examiners found shocking evidence that pointed to Ernie as he was the last person he was with. They found vaginal bleeding, bruising, and bite like marks. Ernie was sentenced to 60 years in prison. Ernie denies these ideas and had noticed illness in the infant in the days before her death.

    Read More

  • The Body Farm Where The Dead Do Tell Tales By William Bass

    1939 Words  | 8 Pages

    The first technique was to graph the correlation between the body’s advanced state of decomposition, and the pattern of daytime and nighttime temperatures. This technique let to the conclusion that she was killed from October 6 to 16. The second technique was to get soil samples, one from beneath the victim’s body and the other from an uncontaminated control sample. The results narrow the window to October 12 to 15. The last technique used was relatively new and involved using a freshly killed pig and using this pig as a “body double.”

    Read More

  • Jessica Kemper Case Summary

    1790 Words  | 8 Pages

    Security approached her and helped her up (Kemper Dep. 5:11.) Security took her to first aid station, put a bandage on her head and

    Read More

  • Keith Cook Murder Case

    826 Words  | 4 Pages

    On March 7, 1998, 55 year old Mrs. Jadine Russell and her daughter were involved in a minor automobile accident. While on the side of the road assessing the damage, Jadine, her daughter, and two police officers, were taken by surprise, when alleged drunk driver, Keith Cook, lost control of his pickup hitting Jadine’s car. The vehicles then plowed into the four victims as they stood there. “All were hurt, but Jadine suffered the most severe injury when the car pinned her against a fence and ruptured her spleen, causing massive internal bleeding and leaking blood into her abdomen” (Baxtrom). Jadine, in need of serious medical attention, refused a blood transfusion.

    Read More

  • The Story Of Jakayla At The Washington Detention Center

    465 Words  | 2 Pages

    She noticed her pants and blouse were unbutton and she had to put her shoes on. Mom took her to the Leland Police Department. They call the paramedics to take Jakayla to Delta Regional Medical Center due to the injures on her chest and head. Jakayla believe she had a rape hit done. Brodrick was arrested and he bonded out, it is unknown his court date.

    Read More

  • Argumentative Essay On The Killer Angels

    465 Words  | 2 Pages

    On page 146, paragraph 2, it states, “He had been hit once in the left arm and the bleeding had stopped but the genuine pain was just beginning. They had wrapped the arm and put his coat back on and he did not show the injury.” Back in the Civil War, there were two ways to take out the bullet. One way was amputation, but they would only amputate that body part if the bullet did shatter the bone. If the bone wasn’t shattered, another way was to remove the bullet and just put a

    Read More

  • Why Is Words So Important In The Book Thief

    1144 Words  | 5 Pages

    In the novel Death states, “Blood leaked from her nose and licked at her lips. Her eyes had blackened. Cuts had opened up and a series of wounds were rising to the surface of her skin. All from the words.

    Read More

  • Summary Of When A Heart Turns Rock Solid By Timothy Black

    2005 Words  | 9 Pages

    In the book, When a Heart Turns Rock Solid by Timothy Black, the lives of three Puerto Rican brothers is uncovered. The parents of these boys, Juan and Angela moved them around in their youth. They were born in Puerto Rico and then were moved to Yonkers, NY where Julio started first grade but ended up finishing first grade back in Puerto Rico. Julio the started and finished second and third grade in Yonkers, NY before moving back to Puerto Rico again and remained there for four years. After the four years in Puerto Rico, they moved back to America for good (Black 17).

    Read More

  • Research Paper On John Norman Collins

    1081 Words  | 5 Pages

    She never returned from her walk, and her body was not discovered until August 7th, 1967. Her body was badly decomposed. She had been stabbed many times in the chest and her fingers and feet were dismembered.

    Read More

  • Concussion: Causes, Symptoms, Types and Treatment

    970 Words  | 4 Pages

    He was airlifted to a neurosurgical trauma center at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. There was pressure on the skull and presents of brain swelling and a subdural hematoma, this is a collection of blood build up in the brain. He was in the hospital for 98 das, and suffered many other major problems related to his brain injury. He had softening of certain affected areas in the brain, low blood pressure, kidney failure, pneumonia, the dangerous infection sepsis, temporary cardiac arrest and an inability to walk and talk. Years later, he has regained most of his speech but still has some cognitive problems and uses a wheelchair to get

    Read More

More about The Cracked Heart: A Short Story

Open Document