2&1/2 weeks ago,my wife and I were staying at SSR in a 1 BR room for a few days. On the 2nd day of the trip I was scheduled to play golf early on the Sunrise 9 offer. I got up early, quietly got dressed, letting my wife sleep in. I went to the kitchen and put down 2 pieces of French bread in the toaster. The toaster over toasted the bread and scorched the bread. Being frugal, I started to scrape off the burnt areas on the toast. The fire alarm went off apparently from the toaster/burnt toast (though I saw no smoke from the toaster). You could faintly smell the burnt toast. So, the fire alarm was high on the wall near, I think, the dining table, near the kitchen. In my infinite wisdom, not wanting to awaken my wife, I stood on the couch/dining seating bench to reach and turn it off, being vertically challenged. I remember the seating cushion give under my 200# plus weight. I apparently lost my balance and fell backwards off the seating, striking and lacerating the back of my head on the granite counter. I don't know what transpired from the time I lost my balance until the time I regained my lucidity in the back of a Rescue unit on a gurney on my way to the ER. My wife filled me in on my bizarre behavior during this period of amnesia. Long story short, at the ER I had a CT scan of my head and neck & 9 staples put in the resulting laceration. I had the staples removed by my primary care provider in Jacksonville last week and things seem to be healing well. I suffered no subsequent sequelae to date, ie headaches, etc. After the fall, and before we caught a taxi back to the resort, housekeeping cleaned up the bloody mess in the room. Subsequently, I received a couple of followup calls to see how I was doing; and a room visit by one of their staff I suspect had something to do with risk management, asking followup question of what happened. At the end of her questioning, I had but one question; who was responsible for the bills that I'm sure are coming (Rescue, ER, CT scan, radiology charges, etc). She didn't know, but gave me a card to contact Guest Claims. That's all I want to know. No legal action anticipated at this time. I'll contact the people at Guest Claims tomorrow.
My question to this forum is who do you think should be responsible? Has anyone had similar accidents on Disney property? How did they handle it? I understand, in retrospect, it was not a wise decision. But in my mind I'm responsible for anyone injured on my property in most cases. That's why I carry homeowner's insurance.
One thing I learned was 68 year old Geezers should not climb on the furniture, same as toddlers shouldn't.
