Mom's Mishap
Mom has a torn ligament.
She'll be busy with the aftermath for the next 4-6 weeks. Awwww. Poor Mom. :[ She took the usual shortcut, jumping the neighbour's fence as it was starting to rain and she didn't want to go all the way around the block. Apparently, some lowly old stepladder type of thing got in the way over the fence and snap, there it was. She went home, had a nap and when she woke up, her foot was all black and blue and swollen and she couldn't get up on it. So they called the emergency doc and he said she had to go to the hospital to get it checked. It's really a very atypical injury for her -- she's very well-coordinated -- so it must have been that wobbly ladder thing, combined with slipperyness from the rain. Luckily nothing is broken or cracked. According to Dr. von Wuelfing, they no longer automatically operate on torn ligaments either but rather use a splint and prescribe crutches and lots of rest.
She sounds fine and probably is, but she clearly is antsy already and it's only been 2 days... Poor Papa, lol. She's not the kind who likes to sit around, much less have *him* mess around with stuff around the house in his rather impractical male ways. She rather does things herself than "order" him around too, in typical perfectionist fashion, lol. I can just picture them and the old dynamics. They're so cute. When I called, Papa picked up and that's highly unusual -- so it was clear something must be up. I'd much rather be there now to help them out and feel quite bad that I can't be. ={
She'll be busy with the aftermath for the next 4-6 weeks. Awwww. Poor Mom. :[ She took the usual shortcut, jumping the neighbour's fence as it was starting to rain and she didn't want to go all the way around the block. Apparently, some lowly old stepladder type of thing got in the way over the fence and snap, there it was. She went home, had a nap and when she woke up, her foot was all black and blue and swollen and she couldn't get up on it. So they called the emergency doc and he said she had to go to the hospital to get it checked. It's really a very atypical injury for her -- she's very well-coordinated -- so it must have been that wobbly ladder thing, combined with slipperyness from the rain. Luckily nothing is broken or cracked. According to Dr. von Wuelfing, they no longer automatically operate on torn ligaments either but rather use a splint and prescribe crutches and lots of rest.
She sounds fine and probably is, but she clearly is antsy already and it's only been 2 days... Poor Papa, lol. She's not the kind who likes to sit around, much less have *him* mess around with stuff around the house in his rather impractical male ways. She rather does things herself than "order" him around too, in typical perfectionist fashion, lol. I can just picture them and the old dynamics. They're so cute. When I called, Papa picked up and that's highly unusual -- so it was clear something must be up. I'd much rather be there now to help them out and feel quite bad that I can't be. ={