Monday, December 1, 2008

Look at what I went and did....



I fractured my ankle :( We were just getting home from dropping off Elijah at his dad's and had stopped at Wal Mart, HEB and Taco Cabana for some dinner to eat at home. Miguel had taken most of the bags down and I got Mikey and one bag. Anyway, I was carrying Mikey and must have lost my footing while stepping off the driveway (there's like a six or seven inch drop) and slipped and fell. Thankfully, when I felt myself slipping, I picked Mikey up higher so he was just fine (thank God), but my right ankle bent to the left and "popped" and bent to the right and "popped" and then I fell on top of it! Can you say OUCH?!? I just screamed for Miguel because he was already inside and he ran out and I got him to take Mikey in and then come back for me because I knew I wasn't going to be able to get up or walk on my own. I hopped into the kitchen on one foot and took off my shoe and my ankle and leg were huge and I was in SO much pain. I've twisted/sprained this same ankle before, but I don't remember the "popping" sound or this much pain so it must not have been that bad the last time. We went to the ER and thankfully, there was absolutely no one waiting and they took me right in, gave me some pain meds and took some xrays. The doctor said it was badly sprained and fractured...a little piece of bone is poking through the tendon or something like that. They gave me a splint and crutches and told me to stay off of it for a couple of weeks, keep it elevated, ice it and follow up with an ortho to make sure the bone went back to where it should be. I think I might have hurt my other ankle in the fall too because now that I've only been hopping on that one, I notice that it hurts so I'm trying to not even get up and move around at all. It does hurt pretty badly still on and off...more when I try to move it, but the pain meds they gave me make me really nauseous and I just HATE feeling nauseous so I decided I'm not taking those anymore. I'd rather be in pain than feel like puking. I am taking the Ibuprofen they gave me for the swelling. Sitting around and not being able to do anything is NOT easy for me at all. I want things a certain way and it's hard to not be able to do it. Maybe this is a sign that I need to slow down and not worry about those kinds of things so much. I have to admit, it's kind of nice having Miguel do things for me :) Mikey is getting a tad out of hand though knowing I can't get up. I keep telling him I'm not going to be laid up on the couch forever! So, that's what is going on with me. Maybe I can get some scrapping done now that I can't really do anything else! Please send some good vibes my way that I won't have to be on crutches for 3 weeks..I'll go nuts!! :)

5 comments:

mel said...

Hope you are all better soon!! Prayers and good thoughts for you!! :)

shopgirlaudi said...

Ugh...I get the heevie jeevies every time you talk about it:(

I can't imagine the pain you must be in. Other than breaking my pinky toe repeatedly, I've never broken a bone before. Yikes!!!

See you tomorrow.

daphne said...

Oh my gosh Lal! I'm so sorry about your ankle. I know that has to suck out loud! Hope you heal qquickly!

Ginajam said...

You POOR THANG! I can't imagine what it's like...but hopefully you'll get lots of scrappin done while your stuck at home! Hang in there and hopefully it'll be over before you know it!!

Sarah and Jack said...

Oh Dear. I did exactly the same thing to my ankle about 5 years ago. It hurt so bad and that popping noise was terrifying. My idiotic doctor at the time kept insisting it was just a sprain, but that thing hurt for so long I don't even want to tell you, it might be scary. I am sure it was broken.

Just hearing your story I can feel that pain all over again.

I hope you feel much, much better soon.