On punching Nazis

[Buckeye_Democrat]

44. My only family are siblings, and an elderly mother at that time who was very ill.

If I'd called family to drive me home, it was a sure bet they would blab to Mom and it would've worried her.

My only friends were co-workers.

Someone at the hospital asked me if I could call a cab when I was released, and I replied that I could (although I didn't have a cell phone on me). As I started to leave, I checked my pockets and noticed that all of my cash was gone. Then I basically said, "Screw it" and started walking home.

My car was still parked behind another building close to the bar. My wallet was still in the glove box.

When I read the police report later, it indicated that I was talking in a slurred voice when they asked me questions. I don't remember any of that, but I apparently told them my name and date of birth.

The hospital was pleased to get my insurance information later. It wiped out my annual out-of-pocket max in one swoop. I decided to finally get a very old hernia fixed later that year since it was basically free.

I think the cops were just being lazy.

By the way, as soon as I mentioned the name of that bar to the judge, several people awaiting their turn to face her burst out laughing. They apparently knew about the place. I didn't.

Edit:
Not to mention that two of my siblings are legally blind and can't drive. What was especially bad about the punch that I took to the face was that it happened to my ONLY GOOD EYE. I'm lucky that I can still see. Like most of my siblings, I inherited something called PXE that causes early blindness. People with PXE are supposed to avoid any blows to the head due to increased risk of detached retinas.

I had a big distortion in my "good eye" after the assault and needed an injection of Avastin in my eyeball a few days later to help stop the bleeding. About a week later, I had a HUGE wormy-looking "floater" in that eye. I went back to my retinologist and he said the vitreous had basically split in half. I mostly ignore that "moving worm" image now, but not always. If I think about it, it's easy to see since it takes up a big portion of my eyesight now.

Silver lining? Ever since the vitreous split, I don't have regular bleeding from the PXE-related neovascularization in my retina anymore. So I don't get eyeball shots about every month now.