Further MiSadventures of Quix and her Crew

[Quixotic1]

Hi, Team, I didn't expect to fall completely off the virtual ledge.  I was taking a break when my mom fell and broke her finger.  She wouldn't go into Urgent Care until it became clear that the finger was going to remain permanently pointing north.  So she agreed to go on Monday.  Well...not wanting to let a trip to Urgent Care go unenjoyed, Sunday I experiemented with blowing up a joint.  Many of you will remember that last summer I fell out of a rocking chair and fell gracefully onto my right ankle, thus rupturing all the medial ligaments.  This caused my joint to be unstable and I twisted it just right to get a spiral fracture of the fibula out of the experiment.  The injury healed uneventfully, but the orthopod was concerned about lingering instability in the ankle.  This didn't turn out to be a problem.

So, fast forward to now.  Things are going swimmingly, so to speak, a little dip into depression which has been an old chronic problem.  Sunday i was standing still at the counter in my bathroom.  I shifte my weight onto my right foot and lifted my left foot up to nudge a bottom drawer closed.  There was an instantaneous explosion of pain in my right ankle and it dropped me.  I fell backward and hit my head on the tile floor.  Just hard enough to get a sympathy-worthy goose-egg, but not hard enough to shake my ancestors.

So, I'm lying with my head under my sink, crying because my jaw hurts.  Why my jaw, you ask?  God only knows,  it wasn't involved with the fall - my goose-egg is on the back of my head.  I am aware of the pain in my ankle and head, but wollering about the spasm in my jaw.  The crew shows up on the scene .  One by one each cat shows up to sniff my face and express concern.  They really are empathetic.  No raccoons deigned to express their well-wishes.  This  may be reflected in their rations, we'll see.

Every disaster teaches us something, I suppose.  I now know that my right ankle is not trustworthy.  I know that the contractor did a very neat job installing my sink and I know that my water filter is ka-put.  All useful knowledge.
And as I rolled over to try to get to my feet without bearing weight on a rapidly swelling ankle, I found the missing mouse carcass in the floor of the shower. Actually came face to face with the little guy.   It was fresh, and I think one of the cats brought it in to raise my spirits.

So mother and I were seen on a Two-fer in Urgent care.  Her finger is nicely shattered and will have to be rebroken and set.  My ankle - aside from looking like a small pumpikn - looks fine.  I am scheduled to see the same ortho guy on Friday.  It isn't the same injury as July.  It swelled differently and hurts way more.  The pain is a sickening kind of pain and not just the usual "injury" pain of a strain or sprain.  Last July the question was whether I needed to had the ankle stabilized with a pair of screws.  We were able to avoid it.  I have a sinking feeling that now I am about to be really screwed.

So, again I am too loopy to post or get much knitting done.  I will begin dropping in here to get my mojo back.  My posting is slower with the laptop, cause the keys are all in the wrong places.  I am back under the order for "No gatuitous walking."

My sense of humor has taken a powder.  We're hoping it is a brief hiatus.

Love you guys.  Take care of each other.

Quix, Clyde, Abby, Trax, Tony and Fizzy

[GrannyJo6]

Oh, my - cats to the rescue! They were only thinking of your welfare by bringing you an almost live mouse!

I really hope you get some good news today!  You and your mom in Urgent Care together - did they take you in separate rooms and ask who hit first? Holy cow!

Take good care of you!  You do have a way of lifting others up by your colorful writing! You may not see the humor in it, but I can see that it is a coping mechanism that gets your through.

Maybe your Christmas letter will be something like mine: "You now how some years are just better than others? Yeah, well, check back in December 2011 and we'll let you know if it went any better!"

[jenandherboys]

Two words for you, Quix...BUBBLE...WRAP....  Think about it; lots and lots of bubble wrap.

And how is it that, even in the depths of your misery, you give the rest of us a much needed laugh!?  Thanks for sharing so much with all of us here-Personally, I greatly appreciate your much-needed injection of humor; so much so that I have re-read all the posts in this thread multiple times!

Seriously, though, I really feel for you and your Mom.  Hope you both are on the mend soon!

Be well!

Jen

[drsdonthelp]

Quix,

I am so sorry to hear of the pain you and your mom are going through.  Please get better soon!
Pamela

[suzsibs]

Hi Quix
Well you went and did it again made me laugh at your unfortunate situation, for that I'm soooo sorry LOL.
Hope it goes well and you don't need to go through surgery (fingers crossed).
Are your family accident prone by any chance ;o) hope you and your Mum feel better soon, and try your best to stay on your feet!
Thinking of you.
Suz

[opie74]

I love the way that you laugh at yourself.  If we must choose to laugh or cry, I like your style!  Heal fast!  No screws (in the bone).  

With you in this shape and your mothers fingen in a mess, who, pray tell, will remove the mouse carcus and change the frilter?

[thornygates]

aww man, Quix, that just sounds so painful. be thinking about you and your mom.