I was in a wreck on the highway yesterday. I was driving slowly in the snow on the way to church and a car spun out in front of me and came into my lane.....ca-boom!!! The whole front end of my car is ruined...the car I just bought in July! With the Adrienne pumping through my body, I could have thrown a car across the highway.
I went ahead and went to church because at that moment in time - I felt just fine. But as the day progressed I got more and more sore, groggy, head ache, pupils unequally dilated, dizzy -- and just not thinking clearly. I'm better today - but while I was in my "daze" I kept thinking "I can't be trusted to make sound decisions". Even though I wasn't thinking clearly -- I was clear enough to know I couldn't be trusted with decisions. The big decisions were -
Village Inn or I-Hop for breakfast?
What do we eat for the SuperBowl?
Do I sleep first of get in a warm bath for my sore muscles?
Luckily the kids made all the tough decisions and Maya woke me up every 3 hours through the night to make sure I wasn't bleeding into my skull.
But all of this confusion makes me wonder about altitude sickness on the mountain. If I get confused - will I say out loud "I can't be trusted to make sound decisions"? Yesterday I knew I couldn't make sound decisions -- but the kids kept looking to me to make them anyway. When altitude sickness takes over, I think a person isn't sound enough to say to anyone "hey I can't think straight". Every documentary, article, or film I have ever seen of someone "losing it on the mountain" shows these people who think they are in the right -- making very wrong decisions. I don't want that to happen. I know that is why we have guides -- and they know their stuff and will keep us on the straight and narrow so we are safe on the mountain.
But among our family -- how will we know who is of sound mind and who isn't?
