Calcaneous Fracture(s)...
Due to the information found in the following post, I will finally be adding my December posts although somewhat retroactively...
(if you are interested in following those experiences, you will need to scroll down from time to time since I will be pre-dating those happenings of December...)
So...back to the current post:
I must have a sub-conscious aversion to taking down my holiday decor...
I remember the January I was pregnant with Angela (who was born in August), I was feeling quite poorly so my sisters, Marci & Lisa showed up and proceeded to take down my Christmas decorations, box them, and put them away...
(I think it was close to January 30th)
I must say...I was never so organized...
...thanks guys...
I think I still use some of the apple boxes that they wrote "Christmas" on...
well....this year in January (at least it was on the 5th)
...actually it was last Wednesday...
(here-to-forth known as 'black Wednesday')
I was getting towards the end of de-decorating by retrieving boxes from the top shelf of my closet...which is about 12 ft. high...
...after handing 'the big blue tub' (note it is no longer on the top shelf) down to Hub, I decided to 'hop' down and found myself... jumping.....no...leaping.....no... fa-a-alling to the floor.....
...agile creature that I am (not), I landed on my feet (left heel) and promptly fell to the floor, writhing in agonizing pain...
...fortunately, Hub did not laugh and tried to help me crawl to the bed...
...after about an hour of icing (along with alot of moaning & groaning) I agreed to go to Gilbert Emergency Hospital where x-rays & CT scans were taken...
I was silently praying that I wouldn't need surgery and so Hub gave me a blessing...almost immediately the E-doc came in and announced that while indeed I had multiple fractures in my left calcaneous (heel bone) I would not have to have surgery whereas 9/10 breaks of the calcaneous requires it...
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I had taken ibuprofen before leaving for the hospital and was feeling alot better by this time...we were given some pain scripts and instructed to go to a podiatrist asap...Dr. Tom Hale, a long-time friend who had also helped with my toe (another blog...another day) took more x-rays and discussed the prognosis... He kept shaking his head and saying, "...it's a miracle...so much trauma and no displacement..." After showing us about 8 fractures, we stopped counting breaks and started counting blessings instead...
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As you can see, there were numerous 'tender mercies' extended to us (specifically me) that day and in the ensuing days...not the least of which is a strong bladder...
...the 10 ft. bathroom trek is quite a challenge...hee
(thanks, mom, for teaching me to drink lots of water)
...I never needed to fill the prescriptions and am still praying for
'no cast necessary'...
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Hub and Angie have been so attentive and helped so much in my care and keeping the house running smoothly...not to mention putting those 'dratted' decorations away...
...all the kids (and grandkids -Ethan & Lydia) have been so thoughtful with cards and visits...
...and family near & far with visits, calls and 'well wishes'...
...check out the cool desk/table Hub got for me...
I am a blessed woman and this is yet another week
in 'GramScilla's Cherished Life'...
So glad you are doing as well as you are & that all the family is helping out!! I enjoyed the pictures. Would like to have had a picture of Choir Practice! Hope it went well. Be careful. Lots of love, Mom
ReplyDeleteoh mommy.i'm praying for you. i love you, dabaylaba
ReplyDeleteI'm so grateful that you're alright. It looked so scary.
ReplyDeleteYou'd think we don't live 10 miles from each other! How is it that we did not hear about this? Perhaps now you will get those books done! Call if you need something like chocolate!
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