Sunday, Bloody Sunday

bajenaghe naghi
by bajenaghe naghi
07-Oct-2009
 

The other Sunday I was relaxing and reading my book when I suddenly heard my cousin's extremely high pitched scream.  I nearly jumped out of my skin.  I ran to her as fast as I could.  I found her holding her two year old son close to her chest and she had her fingers in his mouth.  I heard her say that the boy had fallen down on his behind and as the result he had bitten off part of his tongue, a large piece of which was now hanging loose.  She was aggressively pressing on the loose piece pushing it back into his mouth.  And the injured boy was crying his eyes out and angrily protesting the presence of his mother's fingers in his mouth.

We transported the boy to the hospital.  He was immediately rushed into the operating room.  Time passed very slowly. We anxiously waited for the doctor to come out and praying that he would give us good news.  Would they be able to attach the severed tongue?  Will the boy be able to speak again?  Would there be years of therapy?

The door opened and the doctor emerged, all bloodied.  Our hearts sank.  I was sure that we had lost the battle.  He inquired about what the boy had eaten.  His mother enumerated:  bread with apple butter, two eggs, milk, apple juice, half a scone, a blueberry muffin and half an orange.  I was thinking to myself that this little two year old easily eats twice the amount of what I eat when I saw the doctor smile from ear to ear.  He lifted his bloody red right hand and squeezed between his fingers swung a piece of red flesh. This is what we got out of your son's mouth.  My cousin yelled out in pain and was about to faint when the doctor informed her that it was a bloodied piece of orange that the boy had in his mouth when he fell.  I took a deep and satisfying breath.  All was well and I could go back home to my book.

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yolanda

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by yolanda on Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:33 PM PDT

Hi BN,

     Your last post cracked me up....I am truly the hopeless one when it comes to literature or writing. I recall when I took the literature class in community college, I had problem remembering the content of the stories....the teacher made us read "Othello" by Shakespeare and quizzed us how Desdemona was killed, the answer is Othello smothered her to death, I wrote that Othello stabbed his wife to death 'cause I really don't remember what I read the night before.....I know I have absolutely no future and no talent in writing.....but I do work on my spellings, words, and vocabulary....I also like to work on my grammar....

Thank you for your funny post and best wishes! 


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bajenaghe naghi

yolanda jan

by bajenaghe naghi on Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:19 AM PDT

I will be waiting :-)


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yolanda

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by yolanda on Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:21 PM PDT

Hi BN,

     Of course, I am still afraid of writing, but I like to read very very much, and enjoy writing silly comments for fun! O:))....the only thing I can contribute is news articles....I like the word "fastidious"..., I am obsessed with words and vocabulary and I always pay attention to my spellings.... I can never write articles or poems, not this life....maybe next life.

thanks,

 


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bajenaghe naghi

yolanda jan

by bajenaghe naghi on Sun Oct 25, 2009 10:12 PM PDT

thank you. you are very generous with your kind words. 

Just curios and want to ask if you are still afraid of writing. I just checked your contributions and noticed all of them to be news articles.

One thing I have noticed is that you are a very fastidious person. You pick up things in other peoples writings that most people don't even see or notice. I am just amazed as to how you do that!! 


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yolanda

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by yolanda on Sun Oct 25, 2009 09:43 PM PDT

Hi BN,

      Please stop using the word 'uneducated'.......When I was in college, I was very afraid of writing.....I went to a community college to take a literature class during Summer....I had to use Cliff notes....I passed the class by the grace of God.....you are an awesome writer! An eye surgeon may not be able to write as well as you.......Hopefully we can have some peace now & no more personal attacks....Good thing is that people know that you have integrity...

thanks,


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bajenaghe naghi

yolanda jan

by bajenaghe naghi on Sun Oct 25, 2009 08:53 PM PDT

thank you very much for reading my blog. It was very scary indeed. I don't know if you know farsi but I am a baghaal which means I run a small corner store selling cigarettes and colas. that doesn't take a eye surgeon to do but an uneducated man. thank you for your very nice comments.


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yolanda

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by yolanda on Sun Oct 18, 2009 08:00 AM PDT

Dear BN,

       So sorry for what happenend to your blog launched on Oct 16. I could not believe it. You responded gracefully! Great job! I learned a lot from you!!! .......Please stop saying you are uneducated!!! Nobody believes that!!!

Take care!


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bajenaghe naghi

monda jan

by bajenaghe naghi on Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:42 AM PDT

Thank you. I need excitement in my life. It is either blood and gore or a bloody good book! ;-) My cousin was in the seventh heaven once she had her boy in her arms again. 


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Monda

OMG bajenagh! my heart goes to your traumatized sister

by Monda on Thu Oct 08, 2009 10:11 AM PDT

you didn't casually go back to your reading I bet (did you?!). right now i need a moment or two to recover from reading your blog. 


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bajenaghe naghi

yolanda jan

by bajenaghe naghi on Wed Oct 07, 2009 07:09 PM PDT

Thank you. I was also surprised to see the boy eat like an eating machine. I think he has taken after his dad.


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yolanda

Thank you

by yolanda on Wed Oct 07, 2009 06:55 PM PDT

Thank you for the anecdote! I started laughing when I read the 2 year old boy ate:

bread with apple butter, two eggs, milk, apple juice, half a scone, a blueberry muffin and half an orange.

OMG! That was an amazing appetite!

Thank God that your story has a dramatic and happy ending!

Thank you for bringinng laughs to the Iranian.comers!

Great job!

yolanda

 


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bajenaghe naghi

Ali jan

by bajenaghe naghi on Wed Oct 07, 2009 04:39 PM PDT

Thank you. It is good to see you again.

 


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Ali P.

BN jaan!

by Ali P. on Wed Oct 07, 2009 04:03 PM PDT

Glad that your story had a happy ending :-)

 

Yours,

Ali P.


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bajenaghe naghi

darius jan

by bajenaghe naghi on Wed Oct 07, 2009 02:57 PM PDT

thank you. You are very kind.

 


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bajenaghe naghi

ebi jan

by bajenaghe naghi on Wed Oct 07, 2009 02:56 PM PDT

What a funny and lovely story. 

Your Dad must have had a good laugh quietly seeing all of were running around like a chicken with its head cut off. 

 


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ebi amirhosseini

Bajenaghe AZIZ !!!

by ebi amirhosseini on Wed Oct 07, 2009 02:51 PM PDT

 Here is another false alarm:

My Son Khashayar,was nearly 2 years old & for weekend we were at my parents'.Around lunch time I heard her screaming & crying while holding Khashi in her arms,we all were shocked & asked her what was wrong?!

She answered that she has found a big cyst in his throat & we have to rush him to hospital!.While I rushed to pack up & get ready to go ,my dad gently said don't worry,are you sure this is a cyst?!she said yes,so my dad asked if he could have a look at it,when he did,he rushed to the bathroom,washed his hands,came back & pushed two of his fingers down his throat & pulled out the cyst!

It was a piece of Barbari bread that my father had secretly fed his grandson!.

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPLi5WHCDyo

Ebi aka Haaji


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Darius Kadivar

LOL

by Darius Kadivar on Wed Oct 07, 2009 02:42 PM PDT

Yes It's true that I do have a good memory but that's because I remember interesting story tellers and YOU are definitively one. ;0)

Don't shy off you are also very cultured too and more importantly Fun !

Cheers My Friend !

D


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bajenaghe naghi

darius jan

by bajenaghe naghi on Wed Oct 07, 2009 02:29 PM PDT

LOL that was very funny about the title of the book you suggested. You know, I could have gone and sat in that emergency room all day and I bet nothing would have happened. But once I open my book and blood flows. May be that is the reason why I am a baghal va beesavat.:-)

You have an unbelievable memory. You remembered the last bloody occasion when I had forgotten it totally.  

The book I was reading was The Quickie by James Patterson (no blood and gore, I hope).


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Darius Kadivar

BIG SCARE !

by Darius Kadivar on Wed Oct 07, 2009 02:02 PM PDT

Phew ... Thank God !

That was scary ! Indeed !

It seems you have had a few bloody weekends each time you open a book? ;0)

Last time it was last X MAS I think when you cut your hand with a page from a Cook Book am I right ? ;0)

What was the book you were reading by the way this time ?

I bet it was "The Complete history of the Guillotine and the Reign of Terror" ... ;0))

That Should be Sharp ! ;0)  


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