It was about five weeks ago that the hay bale twine tripped me and made me fall hard on my left hip. All the muscles in my upper front, inner and outer and thigh were ripped. Riding was initially painful and slowly got better. I limped, putting weight on my right leg. Different thigh muscles made themselves known during this time. They all had a voice, a painful left leg voice at different times.
A few days ago a pain spot started up on my knee…on the other side of my body than the hip. I started limping on the other leg, wondering, “What the heck is going on?” The next morning I attempted to bend my legs and the pain around my knee made me yell quietly. The pain to get up was intense. What is happening? I made a valiant attempt to get to my feet and the pain was eight on the ten scale. Something ripped inside my right knee. I screamed Holy Hell, but got up and tottered in place for a few moments. I wondered if I could walk. The pain quieted to around four and I made it to the bathroom. The desire to water the toilet was intense. I sat down with support while pain went up to five. Oh Lordy. I’m certain my knee bones have dissolved. I was able to get up and learned how to straighten the knee pain leg. That helped. I got two canes that Terry had not used in years. I was able to get around.
I stayed in my chair for the remainder of the day and tottered around when necessary. The next morning, I got up again to eight on the pain scale. I screamed again. My knee has dissolved. I managed to totter around and pack my emergency room bag. I stopped by Patterson Stable and put Fancy’s fly mask on. I chatted with Erin and asked if she would ride Fancy and that I was in the way to the emergency room. I was walking good at the time with hardly any limping. However, I knew my knee was dissolved.
I walked into the emergency room door, had my temperature checked and told the check-in person, my knee was destroyed. I had to use the restroom and walked to it. There was no eye roll. None.
I was escorted to my own private emergency room and told the nurse about my knee being destroyed and the recent fall on my hip. I chatted with the doctor, Xrays were ordered for my knee and hip. The X-ray technician told me that my bones looked good. Whew.
The handsome young doctor came in and told me all my bones were fine. I was so fine, I didn’t even need a knee brace. I almost skipped out to the car with my diagnosis….contusion.
Fancy has her chiropractor vet appointment tomorrow. Plan B will start on Monday. Plan B is me and Fancy’s conditions for flying lead changes.
I’m living the dream