Monday, August 17, 2015
Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Monday
Happy Homemaker Day! Whee! Not.
I finally got up after doing my tableting and reading, and I was in the midst of doing laundry and dishes when I went out to refill our ice bowl (we keep a large bag of ice in the freezer in the garage). As I was stepping back into the house, the screen door closed faster than I expected - how many times have I stepped into the house? A couple or three bazillion? - and slammed onto my foot. Ow! Ow! Ow! Did that hurt!! I hobbled over to the fridge and got the bowl of ice in the freezer, and then checked out the damage - I have huge scrapes on the top, front, and back of my foot. Luckily, no blood - no broken skin, just scrapes - but, oh does it hurt and my foot and toes are numb! I'm not sure what to do, so I just walk around, wiggling my toes every now and then. I got two little baggies of ice and sat in my recliner with ice above and below my foot for about half an hour. Then I walked around on it some more, then rested it some more.
When Ron texted, I decided to walk out to meet him. I figured if it hurt too bad, I could just stop wherever I was, and that would be that. But I made it all the way to the curves, so I was glad about that. However, he saw that I was limping, and wanted to know why, so I had to tell him the whole sorry story. He looked at it when we got home, and he wasn't happy with what he saw, and wanted to take me to the doctor. I told him that it wasn't that bad - certainly not worth a trip that would cost us money! I told him if it was still "too bad" in the morning, I'd do something then.
The rest of the evening was spent in my recliner - he didn't want me to get up very much, even though I told him it would be better if I used my foot. Oh, well! He made us cheese weenies for supper, which we enjoyed while watching our dead guys.
I took sleeping pills (for the pain) tonight. My body needs to help my foot heal.
Oh, and guess what?? Chelle won the item she bid on at the festival yesterday!! A china cabinet! And, boy, did she get a great deal on it...a wonderful deal! They went down and picked it up in Jean's truck because Ron drove his truck today instead of the motorcycle. Jean's truck is a little one (think S10), and I didn't think the china cabinet would fit, but they made it home with it. WhooHoo!
Tuesday
My foot was still painful when I woke up this morning. I could tell, though, that it was from swelling, and not from anything else, and I thought that was good. It was not bruised, which I thought was weird - I thought it was gonna be all colors of the rainbow today! I guess it is bruised deep inside and will work its way out. You can still see the scraped skin and you can definitely tell that it's swollen both front and back.
After my tableting and reading, which, I admit, I did longer than usual, I finally got up and piddled around the house. I did "mop" some of the kitchen floor - which means I put a clean Swiffer wet pad on the unit and used that. Only one, and - trust me - many more will be needed. But between my foot and my back, that was all I could do today.
I also checked the 'answering machine' and found out that I won the item that I had bid on at the festival, too! I don't remember the phone ringing yesterday and I didn't answer it, and I don't remember when I first saw the light blinking. But it doesn't tell me the time or date of the call, so I don't know that information, but when I checked it today - voila! How about that? I won my little Bengals purse!
After Ron texted me that he was on his way home and I told him that I wasn't walking, I took my shower and got ready to go, and then I left early for my TOPS meeting. I went back down to St. B's to see if anyone was there for pick-ups today (the call had probably come in yesterday), but when I got there, no one was there. So...I will have to call them tomorrow.
On to my meeting. Phooey! I gained back the .2 of a pound that I had lost last week. I'm so glad that that's all I gained! But, dammit, a gain!
After the meeting, I asked my friend - a former EMT - to look at my foot and give me her opinion as to what my next step should be. I told her I was planning on soaking it in Epsom Salt tonight, but people had been suggesting it may been fractured or something, and I should go to Urgent Care and get it checked out.
She said she could see the swelling, and after a few questions, she said she didn't think it was broken and would suggest soaking it in Epsom Salt. She said that the blood thinner and baby aspirin is what is making the soft tissue swell like that. I sure appreciated the advice! (especially since it matched what I was already thinking...) She also said don't use Neosporin, but use Polysporin on the scrapes if I must use anything. Neosporin would seal the wounds and not let healing happen, while Polysporin would let healing happen. That kind of information is good to know!
I got home from my meeting and Ron had supper done - BACON!! Yes, yummy bacon. Yum, yum, yum. He had also stopped on his way home from work and bought some tomatoes, and had sliced those up - nice and thick. I quite enjoyed my supper tonight, let me tell you!
We watched NCIS (a rerun) and then turned on dead guys for the rest of the night.
I soaked my foot in Epsom Salt for 45 minutes while watching TV - that's how I timed it.
I have some phone calls to make tomorrow - let's hope I get some answers!
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