The lighthearted part of our holiday celebrations ended with a bang Wednesday morning when I got a call at work from Mr. Kathie saying he had fallen and suspected he might have broken his ankle. I arrived home to find two squad cars and two ambulances in my driveway and my poor DH flat on his back on the ice. And so we launched into a day of ambulances, emergency rooms, doctors, nurses, X-rays, IVs, gurneys, and the rest.
He had indeed broken his ankle--or more precisely, three bones in the leg just above his ankle. He had surgery last night to put everything back together again. He'll be in a cast for at least six weeks. And no doubt we'll have a major restructuring of life around here for the time being, as we move into caregiver and caregivee roles.
So glad he had his phone with him when he fell. Otherwise he might very well have lain on his back outside until 5 p.m., when I would have come home. No one would have seen him. Or heard him.
12 comments:
Oh no!! So sorry to hear this. Is Mr Kathy home yet? I don't know how your husband is, but mine is not the ideal patient.
Maybe it is time to move to a non-snowy/icy place!! :)
agh! not a fun way to spend the holidays. hope the docs have done a good job and his recovery goes as smoothly as possible. take care.
Oh kathie so sorry to hear this.
Hope he is feeling better and can come home real soon.
Kathie in NJ
Ohhh my goodness Kathie, I hope he's going to be okay. How scary for him and for you.
*hugs*
Tazzie
:-)
Oh how scarey! And how lucky that is that he had a phone on him!
Thank, God for cell phones. I hope he isn't in too much pain.
Cell phones can certainly be blessings! Thank goodness he could call, & summon help when he needed it so badly.
I wish you Joy for the New Year.
Things can only get better!!
Hope Mr. Kathie feels better soon..it sounds like he's had a painful time of it. Thank goodness for modern technology! I try to never leave home without my phone just for that very reason...you just never know when it might come in handy.
I am sending best wishes for a speedy recovery to your hubby! I am so sorry that he had that happen! Thank God for cell phones!
Oh, no! Poor Mr. Kathie! (Poor Kathie.) Sounds like it could be a long winter. Thank goodness for cell phones.
Would you like to borrow my crutches? I now keep them handy in a hall closet, instead of the garage! LOL (due to a series of accidents!) I even have a quilt called "Broken Ankle Quilt" that I hand quilted during a recuperative time.
So sorry to hear of his accident - don't trip over HIS crutches and get yourself laid up too! Hope he stays chirpy, not depressed, and not demanding.
Keep quilting!
Ouch! I hope it heals quickly and strongly. Beware, when hubby was on crutches for 6 weeks after knee surgery, we were amazed at how rude people were at just about knocking him over to get past him. One lady just about plowed him over coming in the out door at Outback one night while some nice guy held it for him to go out!
Hope he feels better soon!
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