Here's the story of how I got hit by a car the day after my birthday!

Ok, so everyone is asking me questions and is probably begging for more, so here's the whole story, or at least everything I know of it.

I left my apartment at 7:30 am on my way to the library to print out lab reports for chemistry lab that morning. I crossed the crosswalk in front of my apartment (from Snowview to the Snow building, I have no idea what road that is). FYI, I always hit the button to light up the flashing lights for the crosswalk because I've been really friggen paranoid about being run over ever since I arrived in Rexburg, and for good reason obviously. The entire time I crossed, I had my phone put away (new laws about phones in crosswalks) and looking back and forth the entire time, as is my routine for crossing. I mention this bluntly so that it is clear that I did everything I could to prevent from being hit. FYI, as I'm writing this, everything that happened is seeming more and more surreal. I had gotten to the second side of the street and looked and all of a sudden saw the car right there. Next thing I knew I was upside down and then waking up on the street. I don't know if I blacked out or if my mind is blocking things out from my memory. When I woke up, there was a red headed guy kneeling over me (and later told me he put his jacket under my head. I was too distracted to notice.) There was another guy that turned out to be a nursing student taking my vitals and making sure I had feeling in my limbs. I could have sworn I was dreaming, and I kept asking if I was. Then Allana from our relief society presidency ran over to me (also a nursing student) and was asking me questions to test my mental ability (I was fine) then she went to get my roommates. I heard the ambulance on the way and my roommate Rachel C ran out and tried to get to me but some guy was holding her back to which she responded "THAT'S MY ROOMMATE" I tried to help, but all I could say was, "Rachel...." kind of quietly. I caught a quick glimpse of the driver while I was waiting for the ambulance. Later when I thought about it, I was very disappointed that she didn't seem concerned about me at all. I'm still kind of ticked about it. I also caught a glimpse of someone who turned out to be the mayor of Rexburg. The ambulance loaded me in and they are asking me all these questions and all I could say was "I hurt all over, but my knee HURTS REALLY BAD!!!" I didn't get pain medicine till we were at the hospital (not really a long time, but it sure felt like it). We arrived at Madison Memorial Hospital in Rexburg, and as I found out later, I was the first patient in the E.R. and the only one until I got released. They took me in, checked my vitals again, got my info and took me in for x-rays. The x-ray technician had a heck of a time getting my necklace off because of the board and neck splint that I was attached to. I had no broken bones(they pretty much x-rayed everything). They left me alone in the x-ray room for a few minutes, and in those few minutes I realized how lucky I was to be conscious, mentally stable, and to have no broken bones. I shed a few tears and thanked God. They wheeled me back into my ER room and finally removed me from the board and neck splint. Those things are really uncomfortable fyi. So they had an officer come in and take pictures of my injuries and asked me a few questions. He also shared a story with me about how another girl my age was drunk and walking on the highway and was hit by a car going 65 mph. The only reason she was still alive was because she was drunk (it had something to do with her body not tensing up because of the alcohol). However, she had a broken neck and was near death. I felt sorry that he had to see two accidents similar to each other within the same two days. Once again, I knew how lucky I was. Another officer then came in and took a statement from me and informed me that the driver was already being fined with failing to yield to a pedestrian and they were doing a further investigation. I was told later by people who witnessed the accident that the driver was on a cell phone and the police officer there suspected she was under the influence of either alcohol or drugs and wanted to draw her blood (I haven't heard any conclusive results on either detail). The nurse (she was really awesome by the way) came in and cleaned up and dressed my wounds. She then wheeled me over to a bathroom and I saw my hair for the first time (I was a little scared). Side detail that i didn't even think about till I saw it. Anyway, the nurse gave me a prescription for vicodin, some heavy duty antibacterial cream, stuff to dress my wounds, crutches, and a business card for an orthopedic specialist to see for my knee. When I was released my roommates, and my bishop and one of his counselors were waiting for me. They followed us back to the house and gave me a blessing (so thankful for that). I've been doing nothing pretty much all day except receiving visitors (gladly by the way). The relief society presidency, my home teachers, two girls from my ward, and the ward executive secretary (who happened to be doing a project on safety, so I did an interview with him for his project). I came home to a note from my dear friend Alex Walker, who happened to see me lying on the concrete on her way to class. Most recently, I have a friend Rachel over from my former apartment complex. She brought pizza and movies to watch. Hopefully later, I'll see one of the girls that was right there when the accident happened, and is a little shaken by it (I want to prove to her that I'm alive). Anyway, that's been my day. Right now I'm fine if I don't move too much, but if I have to get up for something, it's very painful (I almost cried the last time). It doesn't help that we live in a two story apartment. Oh, and I had a visit from the guy that gave me his jacket to put my head under and woke up to. It was so great to see him and thank him for his help. I'm so grateful for everyone that was there helping, or even that just witnessed it to help with the investigation. I'm hoping to be able to go to classes on Tuesday but we'll see. I, again, repeat what I said on facebook: I'm up to visitors and would love it actually. Here's the story! More updates later I guess!