During an interview on the podcast Smartless, skateboarder Tony Hawk said that he’s been to the emergency room at least 15 times.
I thought, “I think I have that beat.”
I was right.
Many of those trips were made in the back of an ambulance. At least seven, including two since I’ve been married to Elysha.
Here’s the list. 18 emergency room visits that I can recall or have a record of in my baby book.
I’ve got Tony Hawk beat.
Who has me beat?
1971: Swallowed a bottle of paregoric/stomach pumped
1972: Bronchial pneumonia
1972: Head wound/stitches
1983: Bee sting/anaphylactic reaction (ambulance)
Circa 1983: Smoke inhalation during house fire (ambulance)
1985: Dog bite/stitches
1986: Bee sting/anaphylactic reaction (ambulance)
1987: Punched in chest/two broken ribs (ambulance)
1988: Head injury while pole vaulting/concussion
1988: Car accident (ambulance)
1991: Head wound/staples
1992: Head wound, broken ribs, broken fingers resulting from armed robbery/stitches
1996: Head injury/concussion
1997: Knee injury/surgery
2000: Hit by car/concussion
2001: Pneumonia
2011: Bay leaf caught in throat (ambulance)
2018: Suspected heart attack (turned out to be pulled chest muscle) (ambulance)
