I got an unusual phone call on my way home from my softball game last night. Actually, I got three unusual phone calls all saying the same thing. It went something like this;
"Everything is fine, and Melissa is OK, but we she is in the emergency room."
Of course, my mind started to race to a thousand different places, none of which were right. The reason for the ER trip was not one that I expected; Electrocution.
Melissa was working at the pottery studio we own, and using a mixer that mixes up the glaze for the pottery. She went to turn the switch off, and unknown to her, there was a loose wire next to the switch. With one hand on the metal handle and another on the exposed electrical wire, she spent a very scary 30 seconds being electrocuted my the mixer.
She never lost consciousness or blacked out, but with her muscles locked up and unable to let go of the mixer, it was frightening. The ambulance was called and she sat in the ER for several hours. There were no side effects and we were released very late at night.
Melissa will hopefully have plenty of time to rest and recover today. We are going to a baseball game later tonight with a group of 60 plus friends. I am sure the electrical jokes will be flying.
Here was the paramedics coming to pick her up.
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