Thursday, January 3, 2013
My New Years Accident
So on Jan. 1, 2013 I went swimming at our St. George vacation home's heated pool. It was so much fun. Weird to be swimming in a out door pool in Jan. I took Gracie swimming as well and she had a blast. My mom, dad and my sisters three oldest were swimming as well. We were getting a little cold so I decided to get out, dry off, and then get Gracie out. I got out dried off a little and then went to the side of the pool to get Gracie out. While I was getting her out I slipped and fell on the wet concrete. My motherly in stink kicked in and I sacrificed myself to save Gracie from the fall. I had a hard time catching my breath after the fall. I had landed right on my left elbow and my pelvis. Gracie immediately started to cry and my dad jumped out to grab her and get her calm and warm. I sat there for a bit in massive pain. After I had caught my breath I stood up and slowly made my way into the house. I was terrified that Gracie had received a concussion or that she had broken something. My dad calmed her down and we checked her puepuls for dilation and for broken bones. She seemed to be ok. I then noticed that I could not move my left elbow. I also notice some bleeding from my pelvis. I took it easy that day. I decided not to go in to the ER or instacare and see if it felt better the next day. It still hurt bad the next day so my mom and I took a trip to the Instacare. 4 hours later I got in to the doctor. The doctor examined my elbow and was a little concerned because of the swelling and that I couldn't face my palms up. He then sent me to get X-rays. X-rays were very painful. After the doctor took a look and didn't see that anything was broken. He told me that sometimes it takes a week to tell because the injury was so new. He said that he would have a Radiologist look at it and if they found something they would call me. He told me to ice and elevate it. I kind of wished I had broken something. Would have made the 4 hour wait worth something. It is so weird. It seems that every couple of years or so I seem to have something happen to me over the Holidays. When I was pregnant with Evie I had 2 threatened miscarriages 2 days before Christmas and was on bed-rest until New Years. A couple of years after that. On the day after Christmas I slipped and fell at work and missed the rest of the week. And now the elbow fiasco. So now I will be getting different colored bruises on my elbow, in the shape of a target.
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I'm glad you're okay, that sounds scary! I hope it feels better as it heals. Gracie has gotten so big and is such a pretty little girl! I miss you, hope I can see you next time I'm in town! :)
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