April 23rd and 24th, 2015
After I left the hospital finally got a hotel room and waited for the next morning to go to find an ear, nose and throat doctor. Luckily there was a doctor nearby. I went to the office and they told me that the doctor really couldn't do anything that I have to go see a different specialist in a different city. They said that the closest doctor that could help me was in Riverside regional hospital which was more that three hours by the public transportation system. I found out what bus to take and waited for multiple buses. Then I finally made it to the hospital and I went through the ER again. There are tons of people took another three or four hours in the ER to talk to someone. After all day waiting and riding on buses they told me that I have to see another doctor the next day. They also said that I need to get another CAT scan. I told them that I didn't feel comfortable with another CAT scan and I told them I had my CAT scan results printed out. They informed me that I needed a digital copy on CD therefore I would have to go all the way back to Hemet.
It was 5:40 and in order to get the CAT scan in time for my next doctor's appointment I needed to rent a car and the car rental place would close at six. I took the bus ended up getting at the bus stop at 5:55 and sprinted to the car rental place. While I was sprinting a person working at a car dealership offered me a ride in a golf cart and I got there just in the nick of time.
When I got inside the car rental place I explain my situation about my head injury and about going to the hospital how I needed my CAT scan from the Hemet hospital. After a little bit of convincing they decided that they were going to let me rent a car.
When I got back to Hemet I went back to me this dirty little hotel that I stayed in the night before because the doctor before prescribed me some very very strong antibiotics and I wasn't feeling great. the day was not a total failure but I didn't get to see a doctor that could tell me how serious my head injury is. Hopefully tomorrow I will have better luck.
She show me all the places that were fractured in my face and told me the good news, you don't need surgery. She said that she wanted me to see an eye doctor just in case there were any effects on my vision from the injury. I declined because I spent enough time in hospitals and doctors offices.
My new priority was to get back to Warner Springs and to get back on the trail. My sister helped me out and told me that there was a car rental place in Ramona which was about 40 miles from Warner Springs. Ramona was about a two hour drive from where I was and there was a bus to that would get me close to Warner Springs.
I called the car rental place and paid for a drop off fee. They weren't very happy because they said they needed my car for a different customer but eventually helped me out again.
I took a drive down towards Ramona which was very nice because I took the back roads in the country. It was a rainy day, a little cold but after about two hours of driving I made it to Ramona and from there I caught a bus that went to Highway 79 which is about 9 miles from the trail. Once I got to the highway I put my thumb out and the first car that passed pulled over.
They were a couple in their 20s and the guy just got out of the army. We talked about the Pacific Crest Trail and he told me about his time in the army. I told him I was from Foresthill and he said he knew where it was because the military does drone training there. This was news to me! I guess you learn something every day. Once I got to Warner Springs I quickly found somebody to mail my CAT scan back home for me. Then I got on the trail.
It was a rainy day around 40 something degrees and the wind was blowing hard. At least finally get to test out my rain gear. I walked only a little bit of the trail found a place to camp and slept for the night.
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