Friday, October 6, 2023 Raining Calm Cool 66 Degrees 5:12 p.m.
What a difference 24 hours makes. Today it is much cooler and raining, nicely. We do so need the rain as according to the weatherman, we are behind an inch or so. I love it as I don’t have to go out and water. Bill is cone so have his plants and ours to water. Not bad at all. He has a coulis which is so pretty. I am not sure of the spelling but it is pretty.
Well, my back sort of went out last evening. I was going to go upstairs and go to bed and read. I am close to finishing this book so thought that a great idea. Tina was doing the same, but does that most every evening. Anyhow, I started to get out of the recliner and I got to the edge of the chair and experienced excruciating pain in my left hip, led, groin, knee and nearly to my ankle. I couldn’t move. I yelped in pain. We tried everything we could think of to see f I could get up and walk. I couldn’t even get up, with or without the walker, cane, etc. So the ambulance was called. The paramedics had problems getting me on the gurney . Once at the hospital I was put in a room with several chairs as there were no beds. Soon I was joined by a gentleman who was close to the edge of a high hill when it collapsed and he landed on the bumper of the pickup below. He had 2 broken ribs. ( It took him until 2:15 a.m. to find that out.) Then they had him in for a cat scan. Finally he got to leave about 3:00 a.m.
We had a good conversation. He was here with a group of friends on an exploring trip. He lives in a very small town in Georgia. There, he and his wife have a small ranch with horses, chickens, dogs and cats. His wife is a RN and he is a retired engineer. All his cats are named after country and western music stars, Dolly Parton, Reba MacIntire, Waylon Jennings, Hank Williams, and Vince Gill. The dogs are named after characters in books, and the horses after T.V. cooks. So funny, but cute.
After sitting there for what seemed like hours, they finally took me in for X-rays. That took a good half hour as I hurt so bad I couldn’t lay how she wanted me to lay. Finally an older lady came in and helped her and things went much better. Still painful. Poor Tina was sitting out in the waiting room as they didn’t want “guests” back there when the patient wasn’t in their own room. After 1:00 a.m. they brought her back after asking both my “room mate” if it was alright. We both said yes. He had two buddies out there waiting for him but they never asked to come back with us. Or at least, we were never asked if they could.
At 2:40 A.M. or there about I was able to walk all the way to another room. I couldn’t get on the wheelchair to rid there so I walked with a walker. It was slow going but we finally got there. I sat on the edge of the bed, and took short walks every few minutes. Tina sat in the chair. The nursc cmae in and took my vitals, chit chatted a bit, then left. Finally the doctor came in. He said that my X-rays were fine, no broken bones, no loose screws, no damage to knee or hip, He decided that I had a pinched nerve in my back. I need to see my primary doctor asap, and then get an appointment with my back doctor. I had already set those up. We walked in the door here at 3:30 a.m. It took me about 30 minutes to get upstairs, change clothes, do my teeth and find my way to my cozy, comfy bed. By this time it is 4:19 a.m.
I got up at 8:00 this morning, and slowly got myself downstairs, ready for a cup of coffee. Tina had gone down a little bit ahead of me as one of her co-workers called to see where she was. She had texted her boss when we got home that she wouldn’t be i today and why. It will be early to bed tonight for sure.
Quote of the day: “Extra love from grandparents goes into a child’s psychological bank account, which draws interest and can be used for an emotionally rainy day.” My calendar.
Have a great rest of your Friday. Make it a pleasant, adventurous, goofy, safe and fun day and weekend.
Blessings