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In The Dumps
Usually when we find someone lodged in a trashcan, we can't help but giggle a bit. But when it happens to a frail elderly lady? That's nothing to cackle about!
Two years ago, septuagenarian Christian radio talk-show host Evelyn Davison was pulling out of the driveway of her North Austin home when she found her neighbor's trash can blocking the path. Somehow, in the act of pushing it aside, she managed to lose her footing and tumbled in.
Encyclopedia Brown we're not, but our amateur sleuthing tells us that for one to successfully insert oneself in a trashcan - most of which tend to come up to our chest height, after all - one would likely need to sprint down the driveway, execute a flying leap off a trampoline, and have the wherewithal to consider aerial trajectories and such. Clearly for Ms. Davison to have managed this maneuver demonstrates an extroadinary untapped acrobatic talent...or a stroke of incredibly bad luck.
The story continues with Davison flailing helplessly about until some kind gawkers finally came to her rescue. The fall left her with several cuts and sprains, broken glasses, and a bruised ego.
It somehow got worse from there.
Despite her injuries having healed, Davison's hand cuts became infected by bacterial rainwater from the trashcan, sending her back to the hospital. There, the specialists were clueless as to what sort of bacteria it was, forcing surgeons to reopen her wound to extract blood and tissue samples for analysis. By the time a positive match was found, the spreading infections had forced surgeons to remove bones from her fingers. These were replaced with implants - which also failed.
Not surprisingly, Davison is now suing her next-door neighbor for unspecified damages.
*Image lifted from story-lovers dot com
