I was hanging out in Broad Ripple with a bunch of kids the night before Halloween. Around 3:45 am, I was bored and decided to walk my costume to my car. Normally I'd be parked in the Jimmy Johns lot, but it was super packed, therefore I parked a block away.
I dropped my costume off, put a hoodie on, and started walking back towards JJs. This is when shit went down. Four guys were walking towards me on the sidewalk clowning around and being silly. I thought nothing of it. Then all of a sudden two of them approached me. One of them said, Empty your pockets bro. I said "Are you serious?" as it was Halloween and I thought they were joking. Then the other hit me in the back of the head. I turned around and looked at him and said Seriously? And then the other guy pointed a gun at me.
I looked at the gun; it looked fake. I didn't think anything of it and said, "Get that toy out of my face, I'm out of here." I started to walk towards Jimmy Johns. Then I heard him say, "Forget this, I've got him," and heard the bang. I felt pain in my side immediately. It knocked the wind out of me. Then I saw blood on my hands.
I grabbed my side and then the guys bolted. I wisely called 911 quickly and cops showed up within five minutes, EMT in seven. I gave them all of my information and then they loaded me into the ambulance. They rushed me to Methodist Hospital. I was in the emergency room answering a barrage of questions from doctors, police, and nurses. Then they put me under so they could work on my chest to try and find the bullet and make sure there was no major organ damage.
I woke up about two hours later. They moved me into a room where they could monitor me continuously. After surgery I had a tube in my chest to drain blood and fluid, a tube in my nose to drain fluid from my stomach, three different iv's: right arm, left arm, jugular in my neck, and a bandage from my sternum to my belt line covering an incision that took 24 staples to close. I started on IV fluids and had a morphine drip for pain, although I only used it 3 times.
Saturday was rough. I couldn't really talk due to being severely dehydrated. Eventually they let me chew on ice and rinse my mouth out. Sunday I got moved into a different room after they took the nasal-gastro tube out and allowed me to drink water. They switched me to a clear liquid diet next, and removed my IV fluids once I could keep that down. Eventually that changed to all liquids and then to solid foods. One by one my life support systems came off. By the last day I just had one IV for my medication and a blood oxygen monitor.
Honestly, I'm not even upset about this whole ordeal. I'm not looking forward to paying bills for this, as I do not have insurance. I'll do whatever I need to take care of it and I have faith that I will figure something out. I have created a Paypal button if anyone cares to donate, I would greatly appreciate anything.
I'm happy to have the friends I have. My deepest thanks go out first and foremost to my parents Bruce Urban and Cindy Critchlow and my roommates Charles, Kevin and Jo. Charles was there when I needed someone right away with my parents being 2 hours away. Thanks to my parents for taking care of me while I was stuck in the hospital and after. Thanks also to everyone who visited and sent me things: Adam Riley, Jim Barron, Russian Mike, xRyanx, Barret, Steve, Owen, Scott Thomas, Josh and Robyn, Kurt, Danielle, Matt Gorman, Chris Kellar, Alex Latus, Doug Gigowski, Chad Horsey, Alison C, Liz W, Erica W, Shea and Tori, The Coreman Condo, Eric, Matt, Scott; My co-workers from JJs: Evan, Claire, Lance, Brent, Ginny, Brandon; Hot Box Pizza: Kyle, Turkish, Nikki; and last but certainly not least Christina Cooper for being here every day by my side.
Moral of the story, don't stand up to muggers unless you can take a bullet. My PMA is still alive.
Brad
The larger hole is from my chest tube, the smaller up to the right is the bullet hole. The staples will be out on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Also I can't post a paypal button, but my email address is redinferno13@gmail.com if you feel generous and want to donate.
I dropped my costume off, put a hoodie on, and started walking back towards JJs. This is when shit went down. Four guys were walking towards me on the sidewalk clowning around and being silly. I thought nothing of it. Then all of a sudden two of them approached me. One of them said, Empty your pockets bro. I said "Are you serious?" as it was Halloween and I thought they were joking. Then the other hit me in the back of the head. I turned around and looked at him and said Seriously? And then the other guy pointed a gun at me.
I looked at the gun; it looked fake. I didn't think anything of it and said, "Get that toy out of my face, I'm out of here." I started to walk towards Jimmy Johns. Then I heard him say, "Forget this, I've got him," and heard the bang. I felt pain in my side immediately. It knocked the wind out of me. Then I saw blood on my hands.
I grabbed my side and then the guys bolted. I wisely called 911 quickly and cops showed up within five minutes, EMT in seven. I gave them all of my information and then they loaded me into the ambulance. They rushed me to Methodist Hospital. I was in the emergency room answering a barrage of questions from doctors, police, and nurses. Then they put me under so they could work on my chest to try and find the bullet and make sure there was no major organ damage.
I woke up about two hours later. They moved me into a room where they could monitor me continuously. After surgery I had a tube in my chest to drain blood and fluid, a tube in my nose to drain fluid from my stomach, three different iv's: right arm, left arm, jugular in my neck, and a bandage from my sternum to my belt line covering an incision that took 24 staples to close. I started on IV fluids and had a morphine drip for pain, although I only used it 3 times.
Saturday was rough. I couldn't really talk due to being severely dehydrated. Eventually they let me chew on ice and rinse my mouth out. Sunday I got moved into a different room after they took the nasal-gastro tube out and allowed me to drink water. They switched me to a clear liquid diet next, and removed my IV fluids once I could keep that down. Eventually that changed to all liquids and then to solid foods. One by one my life support systems came off. By the last day I just had one IV for my medication and a blood oxygen monitor.
Honestly, I'm not even upset about this whole ordeal. I'm not looking forward to paying bills for this, as I do not have insurance. I'll do whatever I need to take care of it and I have faith that I will figure something out. I have created a Paypal button if anyone cares to donate, I would greatly appreciate anything.
I'm happy to have the friends I have. My deepest thanks go out first and foremost to my parents Bruce Urban and Cindy Critchlow and my roommates Charles, Kevin and Jo. Charles was there when I needed someone right away with my parents being 2 hours away. Thanks to my parents for taking care of me while I was stuck in the hospital and after. Thanks also to everyone who visited and sent me things: Adam Riley, Jim Barron, Russian Mike, xRyanx, Barret, Steve, Owen, Scott Thomas, Josh and Robyn, Kurt, Danielle, Matt Gorman, Chris Kellar, Alex Latus, Doug Gigowski, Chad Horsey, Alison C, Liz W, Erica W, Shea and Tori, The Coreman Condo, Eric, Matt, Scott; My co-workers from JJs: Evan, Claire, Lance, Brent, Ginny, Brandon; Hot Box Pizza: Kyle, Turkish, Nikki; and last but certainly not least Christina Cooper for being here every day by my side.
Moral of the story, don't stand up to muggers unless you can take a bullet. My PMA is still alive.
Brad
The larger hole is from my chest tube, the smaller up to the right is the bullet hole. The staples will be out on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
Also I can't post a paypal button, but my email address is redinferno13@gmail.com if you feel generous and want to donate.
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