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The ambulance goes hell for leather between Jubilee Park and the hospital. A serious head wound was what the paramedic said, and it needed treating quickly. A huge loss of blood. I toy with the idea of asking them to slow down, but I don’t.
She looks almost unrecognisable. The swelling has already started. The paramedics seem to be worried about swelling developing on her brain, so they’ve booked her in for emergency scans. Seeing your wife covered in blood and knowing that you are responsible for it is one of the hardest things in the world to see. But it’s the sickening gurgling noise she makes the whole way there which gets me the most.
When we arrive at the hospital, the paramedics usher me out of the ambulance and a nurse takes me through into the waiting area as the parame
