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You're Not Going To Believe This

Well, I don't know, if you've been reading here lately you just might believe it after all LOL. Our latest saga is my injury of all things.

Yesterday we had a death in the church and the family lives just down the road. So we went down there before church last night to check on them and just sit with them for a while. When we came down the back steps to leave I slipped on the last step and hurt my ankle. Oh, my did I ever hurt my ankle! I felt a popping, crunching sensation as it gave. Immediately I started feeling as though I was going to black out. From there the nausea set in. Oh, it was just awful, I just knew I had broken it. Between the pain, this horrible feeling of knowing I am too needed to be incapacitated right now, and just wondering how we are going to handle this latest hit, I was so upset! I don't usually let anyone see me fall apart but I did have my moment initially. Thank you, Peaceful Lives, for letting me literally borrow your shoulder. :)

We had to run by the church to let them know what had happened as the congregation was sitting there wondering where their pastor was! Then we had to run over to the house to let the GuitarMan know what had happened as the cell phone had no signal, arghh. Several church members came right on over to see if they could help. On top of everything, yesterday was LadyBug's birthday and they had planned a little surprise party for her at church! It was so sweet they had balloons, party hats, cake and refreshments, presents. And here I was, couldn't even get out of the vehicle, wondering and hurting, the girls started crying because they wanted to go to the hospital. I could hear them in the house crying, which was just breaking my heart. I felt so bad, just so stupid for missing the edge of the step, of all things!

So, anyway we headed to the hospital. My mom brought the children because they got so upset. The GuitarMan insisted on coming, too. When we got there I realized that one of the ladies from church had come, too to help out. It was so sweet. She also had come and sat with us the whole time The GuitarMan was in surgery. That meant so much to us.

I guess you'd like me to tell you what the x-rays said. Sorry, the woman in me had to share the details. :)

The Er doc said it isn't broken but it is a very severe sprain. Y'all, never again will I say "just a sprain" as though it is no big deal. I was hoping for "just a sprain" so far as hoping it would not be an injury involving numerous doctor visits and/or surgery since we are dealing with enough of that already. So I am thankful in that sense, for sure. I had no idea that a sprain could give this much trouble. I am on crutches as I can't bear any weight on my ankle. Fun, fun.

I really don't want to ask "what else, Lord" as it might be even worse, ha! and I just don't even have it in me to ask "why me, Lord". Instead I am trying to remember that with everything we have had happen lately there are blessings present too. So for now I am going to keep icing my foot, take another pain pill, and try not to dwell on the whole "what are we going to do?" scenario. Keep on praying for us, please. Sorry to keep taking up a larger and larger chunk of your prayer time LOL.

Yep, just can't believe this.

Comments

  1. TiffanySeptember 27, 2009 at 11:46 AM

    I am praying for you! SO sorry to hear about your injury!

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  2. LisaSeptember 27, 2009 at 12:55 PM

    Thanks, Tiff! I appreciate it so much! :)

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