Pain, Pain and did I mention PAIN!!!!

Well, fellow bloggers...let me tell ya...I knew getting older comes aches, and forgetfulness, gray hair, weight issues, wrinkles...the list goes on and on...However, what I was not aware of is the clumsiness, stupidity and plan ole self inflicted wounds to your already aching body....

Last week was a long one because Jamie(daughter-in-law) and Raegan (beautiful grand-daughter) was out of town with Dustin(oldest son)...so by the end of the week I was really missing my grand baby (I know tear, tear). So, at last...Friday, sometime around 10:30 she arrived...beautiful as ever...so Grandmother stops everything (halfway through much needed chores being done, oh well) and starts a much needed day and hopefully weekend of spoiling her little angel... We start by playing in the floor for just a bit...she is so fun :)...but in just a little while by about 11:15 or so she seems hungry so we set down at the table for a little snack, ummm sweet potatoes I think... Gobble Gobble, smack, smack, umm, umm, their gone in no time. Ok... "Ya wanna go check the mail with Grandmother?" I remember asking her..(like she is gonna say sure Grandmother lets go). So I get her out of the high chair... slip on Tabitha's flip flops now known as "slick flops" and with Raegan on my left hip...off we go...one step down my two step set of steps and..................suddenly...my feet are over my head.... my tailbone is perfectly implanted in the foyer floor...my right arm is some how thrown behind me...and Raegan is still perfectly planted on my left hip, looking at me like "Why are we down here Grandmother"....well at this point I knew my shoulder (at least) was broken and I could not lift my arm at all....The worst pain I have ever felt in my life was shooting through me from my neck to my elbow.... So...How do I get up? I can't lie here til someone comes, it could be hours...Raegan can't stay setting here on the floor... my phone is...you guessed it...on the dinning room table where I had just been feeding Raegan.... soooo..here goes...I have to do it....come on Laura your tuff just get up and help yourself and your grandbaby....so...not without screaming and moaning...I pull myself up off the floor...pick Raegan up, who is still looking at me like.."ok I was looking forward to checking the mail Grandmother, whats the deal"...We slowly make it to the dinning room where I stand Raegan up at the window seat and grab the phone...I gotta get someone here that can take care of Raegan...what if she needs her diaper changed or a bottle...what if she gets hungry again....So I call Dustin and Jamie..."Dustin, are y'all at home?" ..."I fell, I'm pretty sure I've broken my shoulder...I need someone to get Raegan" he says "we are in Trenton"..."Ok, I will call Tabitha...I'm hurting real bad I gotta go..I'll ttyl"...so I call Tab..tell her what happen and to get home right away... well in the meantime..Dustin calls Derrik my nephew(fireman) and tells him...so he is the first one to get here and by this time I am hurting so bad I could die...sick to my stomach and poor ole Raegan still has this look on her face...So, Derrick says "Laura, you need to let me call an ambulance!"...I said.."will they give me something for pain?" He said "yes I will tell them"...I said "YES CALL THEM!"...meanwhile...Tab gets here, gets Raegan...Paramedics arrive...they say I have a broke rib and broken shoulder...(my tailbone had not started hurting at this point). They checked out Raegan and said she was fine despite the look of amazement on her face...Ray (and all his workers get here) just as they are putting me on the cart to wheel me out...In the ambulance (still in my driveway) they start an IV...which is not working to good for some reason but they were able to get it started...Dustin peeks his head in as the IV needle is going in and I thought he was gonna be sick...anyways...off to Scottsboro we head...still in pain..IV not working so morphine was not getting into my system fast enough...but just before we arrive at the hospital the med has finally started taking the edge off the pain....So....after I have a CAT scan, then head to x-ray where the nurse argues with me saying it's my left shoulder not my right...this went on for about 10 mins. til she finally calls the Dr and ask him what shoulder it is....LIKE I DON"T KNOW....I'M SORRY BUT THIS LADY WAS A FULL BLOWN IDIOT AND I"M BEING NICE...anyway...after a bumpy ambulance ride, CAT scan and several x-rays(on my right side) the Doc comes in and says...no broke bones..see your Dr on Monday to follow up... I said..."ARE YOU KIDDING ME?" He said "Nope..nothing broke." He has the nurse to put me in a neck brace and a sling...Ray had to pretty much do it for her cause she did not know what she was doing...and no this was not the same nurse that was gonna x-ray my left side...

OK.....after a long and very painful, restless weekend, I see my Dr on Monday morning...he tells me he thinks I have a torn rotator cuff...AIN'T GOTTA CLUE WHAT THAT IS AT THAT POINT!...He sends me to an Orthopedic Dr...he tells me the same thing...BUT...he says I will need surgery...he will have to do an MRI...but......my insurance won't pay for an MRI until he tries some form of treatment first....sweeeet......what kind of treatment you might ask....well....he sticks this needle in my shoulder about 3 inches long, felt like it went to my elbow...and shoots it full of stuff...he says if this don't work we will do an MRI in 2 weeks and the surgery....So....IF it don't work...this pain is here for 2+ weeks...Although right at this moment it is better then it was that day...or I wouldn't be on here.....so unless the Good Lord sees fit to heal me...I will be in pain for a little while longer....

So, if you feel the urge to pray for a clumsy ole grandmother...in Pain, Pain and did I mention Pain....then please, please do so....she will greatly appreciate it!!!