Thank you for sharing. You say she went in to "failure" the next day and had to get a metal plate in her cheek. Is she alright now? Any long term damage? I mean... besides the unfortunate nickname.. Those types of moments seem to go on forever but also happen so quickly. I dig the visual of the helicopter. Good addition to the post. This was awesome! Thank you rezzeJ
Sorry, I don't enunciate well sometimes. I said 'operating theatre' not 'failure,' fortunately. 'Surgery' probably would've been the better word to choose. In terms of long-term damage, the injury also irreparable damaged a main nerve in her left cheek. As a result, the area around that cheek/mouth is permanently numb and she can't move it as well as she used to. There's a also minor 'stroke-like' (for lack of a better phrase) drooping on that side of the face. It's nothing major, it's the kind of thing that's not even noticeable nowadays. Not to me, anyway. But I know she is slightly self-conscious of it. But apart from that she is all good.
I don't think it was your enunciating. I was listening on a phone without headphones, not an optimal listening condition. Especially with family noise in the background. What a story though. Were you able to enjoy the helicopter ride or were you way too freaked out?
Well, when we got back to the camp site, the friends I'd made there - who were all at the beach at the time of the incident - were saying how there was some crazy kid waving to the crowd from the helicopter doors as all the chaos was going down. So yes, I did manage to get some enjoyment out of the whole experience, haha. It was awesome in some ways. Probably not so much for my mum.