With a few days off in my near future, I went into work last week excited to finish out the week. My mini vacation just around the corner, I was pretty thrilled. Instead, on Wednesday afternoon I found myself being taken to the ER after a collision involving several tables in one of the storage closets. Diagnosis: Nothing broken, just a hip contusion - aka, really bad bruise.
I didn't (and couldn't have if I wanted to) work on Thursday or Friday and I learned the beauty of workmen's compensation. I also learned bruising a bone is incredibly painful. When they told me in the ER not to bend or squat, I thought they just meant not to do it much, or to be careful while going down. I learned quickly that they meant don't. At all.
After a visit to the Occupational Health Doc on Friday, he said I could go back to work. Just not lift anything over 5lbs or push, or pull, or bend in any way. So, even though that pretty much meant I couldn't do 96% of my job, on Saturday I returned for a half day. I was gimpish and had to shove myself around in a wheelchair most of the day because it hurt to walk. My roommate thinks it's ridiculous that I went to work and wandered around Willow cleaning tops of trash cans in a wheelchair all day. I told her it was better than laying in bed again, and that was literally about the only thing I could do with the restrictions I have. But, I'll have you know, such a task is not simple. I have a lot more respect for folks who use wheelchairs regularly after that day.
Now I'm officially on my vacation. And sore still - though healing well I think. I'm trying to ignore the pain in my hip, though "Hopitty" (as I was affectionately labeled after my limp) is gonna be a companion for a few more days. But I got an extended break due to this injury and for that I'm kinda thankful. Even if I must be in pain. It was all well-timed and well-worth it.
Today I'm planning an extended trip to the grocery store and then time in a cafe alone with Jesus. Then I have small group tonight - and I'm going to enjoy being with them again. I've taken a break from that recently too. It will be good to get back.
Tomorrow I have a great thing planned that I'll write more about then.
Back in college, in 2004 when blogging was hardly even a thing yet, I was here. Blogging before blogging meant anything to anyone. You can look in the archives for my past writings, but it was much more like a journal in the past. When we started fundraising, I messed around with the idea of launching something new for this new phase of our journey but actually hated that idea. I am a sum of all of my life and so much of it is here already. So I'm keeping it here. At least for now.
My main focus these days is blogging about our newest journey into the bizarre and wonderful world of gestational surrogacy. Posts dated 2013 and forward will trend heavily toward that journey. I don't promise everything I write will be about though. There might be other things that sneak in occasionally.
Please come along our journey with us. As the saying goes, "The more, the merrier!"
2 comments:
If you needed a break today, woulnd't it have been easier to go to McD's ? ? ?
When do you work (under normal conditions)? We'll have to look for you.
Must have been a pretty big collision. How did the tables fare?
Fred
I don't really like McD's...so I think this worked out just fine!
I work W-Sun days...7-3:30.
Tables are fine. Hope you are well Fred :)
Kate
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