My weirdest Christmas: I took a family friend to A&E
He insisted he was OK, but he didn’t look it, and when he tried and failed to eat Christmas lunch we knew it was time for a mercy dash to hospital
TL;DR
- A family friend suffered a broken rib injury on Christmas Day.
- He was taken to A&E after failing to eat Christmas lunch and move easily.
- The hospital showed heroic attempts at festive gaiety despite the situation.
- The friend later recovered from a punctured lung and deep vein thrombosis.
- The event became a family story known as 'the Christmas I saved a life'.