I'd fallen & could not get up -- for 9 hours! Part I

 1,124 wordsIt began to dawn on me the fourth time the EMTs said no, they meant business: they were not going to allow me to drive the ambulance.A more intuitive patient would have sensed this when he realized they’d strapped him to a gurney the way guards secured ol’ Doc Lechter when he asked if they had a spare can of fava beans.It was 6:30 a.m. last Wednesday and we were on our way to the