Yesterday, I was feeling pretty good. Got up on time, got dressed, decided to wear a skirt and tights (which those who know me well, know I almost never do), kids got ready on time. We went outside to walk down to daycare and L said, “Mom watch out, it’s icy!” A little too late. I turned my ankle so well it chipped off some of the bone on the inside. Now, as an adult, I very rarely cry (cancer crap excepted) but I bawled. Scared my poor friend at school to death when I called her. Luckily, they were able to find a sub (kudos to that person for taking middle school music without a lesson plan!) I couldn’t go in with the doctor until 11:45 am and then she definitely wanted some xrays. So the husband (who took the day off to help me. awesome guy.) drove me over to the imaging center, where all the patients were sitting in the dark. Due to a power outage. Yep. I know. Anyway, so then they transferred all of us to the hospital to get our scans there. So yeah. I broke my ankle. I have a couple days on crutches with an ace bandage until the swelling goes down, then they’ll give me a boot thing. *sigh*
10 responses to “What I did on Tuesday, or how I broke my ankle.”
mandycharlie
March 3rd, 2010 at 06:59
Oh No! Just when things were going so well. I hope you managed to score the good pain killing meds.
Wishing you well and a very speedy recovery.
Mary-Kay
March 3rd, 2010 at 07:18
Oh man, I feel your pain! I’m so sorry… Stay off of it as much as you can, it’s hard to do, but you’ve gotta! I’d lone you one of my 4 boots, but they’d be too big!
sophanne
March 3rd, 2010 at 07:34
*big sigh*
Cathy R
March 3rd, 2010 at 07:39
Awww, dang it. I’m so sorry to hear about that!!
Though I shudder to think how they did Xrays without power. Maybe a really strong flashlight???
Feel better soon!
Cookie
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:33
Oh no! You poor thing.
Be careful on the crutches. Those things are almost as dangerous as ice.
xo
lydee
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:41
holy crap! wow. hope you heal quickly!
StarSpry
March 3rd, 2010 at 13:07
That sucks! I hope it heals quickly and you’re not in much pain!!
Helen
March 3rd, 2010 at 18:32
Ow! owowowowow!
Hope it heals quickly … and stops hurting even sooner!
So not fair that this stuff happens on days that actually start smoothly.
aftercancer
March 4th, 2010 at 14:37
Talk about a bad day, waiting for x-rays in the dark? Isn’t that the set up for a slasher movie? Feel better soon.
RivkA
March 6th, 2010 at 17:54
wishing you a quick and painless recovery!