Felt too weak to dance yesterday, but went to watch the dance class with MW, KL & bb JR. Turned out to be quite an experience!
KR had juz finished warm up and was teaching the first eighth of the steps when VL collapsed onto the floor. Turned out she had dislocated her knee. KR quickly called the ambulance. The Police called her shortly after that... to ask her if anybody pushed VL down. We were all tickled pink by that question! Haha! KR had to explain to them that it was a dance class before they were convinced that there was no foul play.
After the ambulance arrived, the (what do you call them?) ambulance technicians(?) tried to shift VL onto the stretcher, but she was in pain whenever she moved her leg. So they let her smell some gas... not sure whether the gas was to make her drowsy, or to numb the pain... anyway it didn't work!! VL was screaming in pain whenever they moved her. It was after some time, and lots of screams later that they finally managed to move VL onto the stretcher. Then realised that the lift was too small for the stretcher (the dance studio is on the 2nd floor), and they had to wheel the stretcher to another lift... It was about half an hour after the ambulance arrived that they managed to get VL into the ambulance. Luckily it's not a life-threatening situation man!
At the hospital
Ambulance took VL to Tan Tock Seng Hospital. PL took a ride in the ambulance with her, while YV, 小ADL and me went with KR in her car. The docs at the ER took merely a few seconds to 'push' back into place VL's dislocated bone. But we were at TTSH for nearly 2.5 hours!! Had to wait to get VL's leg bandaged up, wait to get MC, wait to get next appointment, wait to buy the crutches (which cost only $30 - pretty cheap!), and wait to get medicine. PL was the only one allowed to go into the restricted section to talk to VL while YV, ADL and me (KR had to leave early) had to stand around outside, trying not to get in the way of the ambulances which were arriving every few minutes. It was almost 8pm by the time we got VL into a cab (she refused to let us accompany her home). All of us almost died of hunger by then. Legs were also tired from standing for so long.
We were too hungry and tired to go anywhere else, so had dinner at the Lao Beijing Restaurant at Novena Square.
Scary to see someone fall and sent to hospital during a dance class. KR said it's her first time in all her years of dancing and teaching. We were all pretty shaken up by the incident... Think it got KR worried so she told us that we'd better show up for class next week!! Hee hee!
Not a pleasant incident, but got to know more about dance mates during our 2.5 hours together. For example, didn't know that YV was a vegetarian before yesterday, and definitely didn't know that PL has a level 112 magician character in MapleSEA. She's one happening lady man!! Comes for class with her 2 teenage daughters, and plays MapleStory!! Way cool!
