Wheelchair Rollover! Oh My

Yesterday was horrible. At our 9 am dermatologist appt for Bob, I was struggling to push him up the ramp, and do to slack off speed for a woman who passed in front of us, stopped and was backing down slowly to roll far enough away to get up speed, and the small wheels on the people mover, hit a wide crack at the bottom, turned his wheelchair over backwards and I went down out to the side. both of us down on the ground. The woman who passed in front of us came back and a man and a woman helped me get up and sat the wheelchair back on its wheels. The woman pushed Bob into the office and left us there..

Picture this laying on its back with Bob kicking like a turtle on its back. These are convenient, but his regular wheel chair, it would not have  happened. The big wheel would not have caught or turned it over.  Word of warning if you use one. I can't get the regualar wheel chair in/out of the car

His elbow was bleeding and due to an adrenaline rush I was shaking like a leaf... We got through the appt and back home and all we have is a small cut on his elbow and 2 large bruises, one on his back and arm, i have 2 bruises and my right hand is sore. I went for a chest xray because my rib was hurting, I see my doctor this morning.

I cried the rest of the day Just Because it happened.

We are blessed to have no permanent injuries. Bob swears it did not hit his head, and refused to go to the doctor. we are both alive and well

PT is coming at 9 and I have 10 am appt with my doctor to see what the x-ray showed, and she wants to check me  out.  Thank you Lord that we are not harmed.

Breaking NEWS! on thankful Thursday

 

 Here's the Scoop!  Tuesday, I FELL and fell hard... I tripped over a box I pulled from under the bed to get paper work out of and left it there between the dresser and the bed. I also did not remember 2 hours later that I left it out.

(it looks like I will not be using Freeform to do art) he he he

I walked from computer to bed to measure while deciding if i needed king or California king for sheets (I still don't know) and both feet jammed under the box causing the forward projection of the sizeable body forward and on to one side, bending toes, and bent fingers under sizeable weight of said body and also smacking the ear on the dresser, knocking the table over causing the lamp and shade and table to land on the sizeable body laying upside down between he two pieces of furniture. 

It sounded and felt like a bomb went off, the dear husband watching the loud TV heard not one sound, causing the said body to pick up all the things and jack herself up using dresser and bed as a prop.

I stood up, walked down the hall with blood dripping from Ankle left leg, skin peel back left shin, 4 inches below biopsy site. 

Also 2 middle toes right foot, bent backwards

2 middle fingers right hand bent under

Right forearm and elbow with sizeable bleeding gashes and peeled back skin and a bruised shoulder.

NOTE: the good, the bad, the ugly. And for some of it we are thankful. No Permanent damage and no trip to ER.. No furniture or lamps harmed. The good part is that the reason this happened other than POOR MEMORY on my part, was the reason I pulled the box out and left it there.I needed the paperwork of his son Robby, 40 years of it under the bed.

Bob received a letter stating he was the beneficiary for an insurance policy on his son Robby, who passed away last Sept. The company ran a SS match on deaths last year and found Robby was deceased.

the out come is, after all the blood and mess, bob will received a check for $1182.00 in the mail some time in the next 10 days.

He has no idea who bought the policy or when, and no one else in the family is on that policy. We are also thankful we will not have to spend it on ER bills for the accident

the gashes are 2 inches by 1 inch and I spared you the gore..
I close all this with this question.
Did you know that when both elbows are hurt, and the right hand of a right handed person is hurt, it is REALLY HARD TO GET UP FROM THE SOFA! I have learned just how many places ELBOWS get propped, bumped, used to get up... OWIE

The Weapon, the wound and the Drama Queen

 

1.  The weapon: a box of Saltines, box lifted from the TOP shelf, the box put back on the shelf while Mad  Woman stood on tippy toes.

2. The wound, is on left arm of Drama Queen AKA, MadSnapper, 1/4 inch slit, a large bruise, blood dripping

3. The Cause: Madwoman is shrinking due to age, top shelf requires tippy toes to put Saltine back on shelf and while on tippy toes with arm extended as high as she could reach, box rocketed off shelf and attacked the left forearm, landing on THE POINT, slicing a Really Large (1/4 inch) slit, like a tiny knife, but still a knife. OWWWWWWWWWW

4. The CURE to gushing blood, place the tiny bandage that is a bleed controlling, life saver, stopped the bloody water fall, like a dam.

The good news is, now you Know Blood Stopping Bandage Exist and I am thinking all of you can guess where they came from..... Clue: starts with the letter A. 

Does anyone know exercises to do to STOP ME FROM SHRINKING? 

The Attack of the Chromebook

Every day, almost every hour of every day, I sit in my chair with Chromebook in lap, reading and typing and then I lean forward and sit the lap desk, with Chromebook on it, firmly on the ottoman.

Friday I did not do that!

Instead of both firmly planted, I chose to put the desk 3 inches off the front edge, then I sat the laptop on the wrist rest.

See illustration below.

 

Improper on Left, Proper on Right. got it?

I sat forward, sat it down, went to stand and

The desk tilted, the laptop slid forward, falling like a rock on top of my right instep,

bounced up and hit the right shin bone which shot the laptop over to the left shinbone where it slid down the left shin ripping wrinkled, thin, senior flesh as it went.

I howled and hopped and carried on while blood ran like water.

It Was

Don't Worry!

Really! this is a Might be a TAD exaggerated!

It only needed Two Band-Aids but it Hurt Like The

also,the right foot feels like a mule stepped on it and kicked me in the other leg while doing it.

I know how that feels because at age 12, I was kicked by a mule while trying to plait its tail because the kids that lived there told me to do it.

FOR SOME WORDS OF SYMPATHY! MAKE ME FEEL BETTER! 

PLEASE! 

 

Is My House Killing Me?

 

In the past week, I have had not one but 4 injuries that created bruises.

Eating Lunch, picked up Cell phone to check radar because as we ate, it got dark and windy.

The phone dropped from my hand

hit the counter,

bounced into the air and did 4 cartwheels and the corner of the phone hit right on the joint of the

KNEE! OWW!!!  next day a bruise and the left knee was hard to bend.

Really? bob said A knee injury from a phone?

The next day, stepping out of the closet with Walking Beau Clothes in my hand,

the dresser leg that has been in that very position for 33 years, clobbered my right ankle

Causing a small trickle of blood plus the next day bruise.

Really? bob said an ankle injury from a dresser?

Not once but twice The Same Day, the corner where the hall wall meets the bend in the hall wall, put a bruise the size of a quarter on my shoulder.

The 2nd time was the other end of the same hall wall, and it got the other shoulder.

I have walked that hall for 33 years MANY times a day since it is the path to the Potty.

Is my house trying to KILL ME?

I AM SHOCKED! While telling this story I typed Walking into Walls in Google search.

I have a NEW disease to obsess over.

PLUS I KNOW My House is NOT trying to kill me.

PS... can you tell I have been playing with tutorials in PicMonkey?

Vertical heterophoria?

If you want to read it click HERE

The Fall

 

I took these photos on Saturday, today is Monday, 2 weeks since The Fall.

Above is front of right leg,

below is back of right leg, could not manage the bottom back, but it matches the front

Don't fret, I am better and cleared to walk the dog and do all my excercises in pool and out of pool.

Color me thankful, there is nothing broken. 

I have walked 3 times with Beau and everything is working fine

the bruises all  appeared on the 10th day, I went back to the doctor.

she said a blood vessel broke inside the knee and this is all the blood draining south and with exercise will go away.

Above is ankle of left leg, below is knee of left leg

this is after two weeks, I spared you the blood gore, if this were TV I would have shown it to you.

You can see the below arm, so use your imagination. 

During the 'shooting' of these photos I learned something new,

coming soon to a blog near you

To be continued

PS.. all knee swelling is gone today, the walking helped. 

WARNING! do not walk on ceramic tile with damp feet...

Two Toes and a Finger continued

  

Continued from yesterday Post...

Bob and I had an argument about who locked the window and who put it down last. 

I kid you not, I was in agony, limping on 2 feet, with 3 toe injuries, my finger swelling and throbbing and we were Talking Loudly over just whose fault it was by locking that window.

Enough about that.

Have you ever tried to spray hairspray without a pointer finger? 

Did you know if you use the OTHER pointer finger, you will entirely miss the hair and spray the mirror?

You also need need to know you need that pointer finger to Squeeze a Spray Bottle of Lysol Cleaner in the shower.

Try squeezing a tube of anything without that finger..

There are a few things that become awkward that I will NOT mention here. In the bathroom.

 Use your imagination.

Last but not least, trying to feed pumpkin to Big Boy, using the OTHER pointer, the food ends up on his face, on the floor and he says what is up Mama? Use the right finger.

Right?

Also the last, but not least, if you try to peel apples to cook them for your dog that is ill, and you use your favorite ceramic knife, you will drop it on the floor causing the tip of it to break off.

The tip disappeared, it is gone, could not be found. even with a broom and a bright flashlight.

I am sure I WILL FIND IT with ONE OF MY FEET..

See dog food apples cooked and raw below..........

Guess what? when I went to set these for auto post THEY WERE BOTH ON BIGS BLOG NOT MINE.  (remember these were created before Big died)

They have been in drafts on the Fourpawsetc blog since OCT 4th...  

Sunday Oct 25th, I finally copied from that blog to this, 

If the first finger on your dominate hand, in my case the right hand, is out of commission

that one finger is  Something You WILL Miss.

 the finger still hurts, and I never did find the tip of the knife.

this was on auto post  and I am trying to talk to my tablet to add this information. I had a 1:30 appointment with my primary just my regular get my prescriptions blood pressure that kind of stuff. On Monday Which is now yesterday if this works! I had soaked my feet so that I can trim my toenails and I got up and dried off my feet and then I needed to tell into the tub I forgot that my feet were slightly damp and I stepped out onto the ceramic tile and my right foot went out behind me and I fell on both my hands and all my arm and on the way down I ripped the skin in three places. Bleeding like a stuck pig down on the floor needed somebody to help me up and no Bob to be found. I dragged myself on my butt into the bedroom and got managed to get up and then I went to the doctor and walked in the door with blood dripping off my hand and a hematoma on my left knee I went down on that knee that looks like a softball. They took 5 X-rays of hands and elbows and three of the knee and nothing is broken and he said I have beautiful bones. What he exactly said was you have beautiful bones how old are you and I said 76 and he said wow you really do have beautiful bones. So nothing is broken but I can't walk for 3 to 4 days I have to lay with it propped up and put ice on it I can't go in the pool at the Y for at least a week maybe longer. I can't walk the dog. And here I am and I will not be back until I figure out what the heck I'm going to do. I may or may not be able to comment by talking to my phone we shall see what we shall see

ME, myself and my shoulder

My shoulder, neck, arm and hand have been more pain that I could stand at times. 

The diagnosis is RMD also called RMS, and the easy way to search is Mouse Shoulder, No I did not get bitten by a mouse.

What does repetitive movement mean?

Definition. Repetitive motion disorders (RMDs) are a family of muscular conditions that result from repeated motions performed in the course of normal work or daily activities. 

For me, mine is Computer and other devices over use. Mouse and TYPING... I pretty much live on the computer. I am going to take a few days off, to decide, what and how to do.

There are excercises and mine can be fixed by STOPPING using the computer. 24 hours off and I am pain free.

Bob had MOHS surgery scheduled for skin cancer on his eyelid today.

 the cancer specialist said that the cancer was too deep and that she did not want to operate on it because it would be too dangerous and he might lose his eye or it might make him go cross-eyed are to Danger best things to the tear ducts. She cancelled the surgery I'm sent us for blood work and then we will have an appointment do you have an eye scan done with dye in the system to see how big it is and how deep it goes and if she can't do the surgery then he will take a pill for it so now we wait. I will not be posting our visiting for the next few days while I figure out how I can keep blogging without doing harm to my shoulder

 you can see below where it is and why it would be dangerous to cut very deep there

Idiots...A Matched Pair!

Bobs 2 arms after The Battle of The Bougainvillea Trim Down. Yes, he had on long sleeves..  Things got better.

8 am Wed. I went outside to take a photo of the papaya fruit to show how big it is and tripped over a paver coming in the gate,

I  hit the corner of the grill and ripped a 2 inch piece of skin loose, with a bruise that is 4 inch by 2 under it, hit my head on the propane tank as  I went down like a giant oak on my back smashing the ferns flat.

I struggled to get up thinking of yelling Help! I have fallen and I can't get up but I knew Bob was not home, and I thought I might have to lay there for an hour or so.

Jake came running to help get in the way but I managed it with clown Jake trying to help. he was so upset wondering why I was in the ferns. MOMMY.. what's wrong, get out of the ferns, can you get up? where is daddy? let me lick that blood off for you....

I drove to urgent care walk in and needed no stitches, and nothing is broken, but I will be Sore for a while and now I can't get in the pool AGAIN... I just got back in a week ago from my eye surgery.   The worst pain of all was how stupid I felt laying in the ferns wondering if I could get up... that and the Tetanus shot.

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