- Not the exact boots, but pretty darn close
If you saw my post yesterdayabout how awesomely my day started on Friday, then you’ll understand why I’m so grumpy today. I was just trying to walk down the three stairs in my garage to take the girls to school and head off to work. I was wearing these beautiful boots that I love and just turned off the garage light to head down the steps to the van.
I got to what I thoughtwas the bottom step and, about halfway through the step, realized I was not at the bottom as I thought. Right about that time, I hit the floor – heels first – and the right foot twisted under me and down I went. The left foot then rolled under me as I fell and I landed on it.
It seems that my first reaction upon getting hurt is a girly scream, followed by sobbing uncontrollably. I’m not so good at hiding the pain right off the bat. But, within seconds, I realized that the girls were going to freak out, so I composed myself and had my husband help me off the floor and get inside (he stole my boots at that time and I haven’t seen them since). I had him set my next to the toilet because I was overcome with nausea and a mega heat flash and then I ordered him to take the girls to school. It was their Thanksgiving breakfast and they would be heartbroken to miss it. We decided he would come back as soon as possible to take me to urgent care. I left out the part where I had felt both ankles pop so that he wouldn’t ditch the breakfast.
After they left, I did what any grown woman would do upon injuring themselves in such a fashion – I called my mommy and cried for fifteen minutes. I made a few other calls (after composing myself) and waited for the hubby to get home. In the meantime, I had maneuveredmy way(painfully) to the sofa in the living room and gotten some ice on my ankles while keeping them elevated.
- just plain cruel
The hubby got me to urgent care and I was sent to a wheelchair since both ankles were swelling and obviously injured. After seeing the doctor and getting some x-rays, it was determined that I had fractured my right foot and sprained my left ankle. The (very sweet) nurses put a temporary cast on me, told me pick up some crutches, wrote me a prescription and ordered me to an orthopedic doctor next week.
So, I’m feeling awesome(please note the sarcasm) and I’m hobbling around on crutches I don’t know how to use being forced to bear my weight on sprained ankle (that definitely hurts worse than the fractured foot). I can’t take a shower due to the cast, so I have to maneuver way into a bathtub that I’m pretty sure is as low as it could possibly be to the ground. It’s stupidly dangerous to climb into, but absolutely impossible to climb out of without use of either of my feet.
- I swear I used to have an ankle
I’m super annoyed and sore and my sprained ankle is now more swollen than it was yesterday. PLUS, my armpits and hands are killing me from these stupid crutches. There, now I’ve whined myself stupid and if you’re still reading this, then I love you more than ice cream. I’m done crying about it all now. I’m off to get some work done on this blog!
I so feel your pain. I fell backwards out of a parked van one time (yeah, real graceful) It landed me in an air boot for almost a year…I had torn 4 ligaments and a tendon in right foot, sprained left ankle really bad. I totally know where you are coming from. Say goodbye to the heels, your ankles will never be the same. Good luck, hope you feel better soon.
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Lindsay Reply:
November 19th, 2011 at 7:35 pm
Oh boo! I’m so sorry that happened to you! I do feel pretty lucky it wasn’t worse considering the height of the heels.
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OUCH! Ankle injuries are not fun. I broke a toe the other month jumping off the counter (don’t ask) and it took forever to heal. Get well soon!
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Oh you poor thing! (That’s what I want people to say to me when I am injured, but so far no one has.) It’s bad enough to injure one, but two? Crutches suck, I could never use them either. I wish you a speedy recovery.
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Yikes! Take care.
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Holy ouch! I remember how bad that hurts. I had a sprain the swelled up like that from slipping into a little pit in my yard. Hopefully you’ll be back in your boots in no time at all …. when you get them back. lol husbands, sigh.
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Lindsay Reply:
November 21st, 2011 at 9:19 am
Yeah, he claims he’s never giving back any of my heels. I’m a wee bit heartbroken.
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Oooh! Double ouch!
I’ve never had anything like that happen to me, but last summer my sweet wife tripped and sprained her ankle pretty badly. We were glad to learn she had no broken bones, but for two weeks she could hardly walk, and she said it was very painful.
I can just imagine how difficult your situation is… cast on one foot, and the other also swollen, sore, and weak. Hope things get better for you soon! Maybe the doc will give you one (or two?) of those walking boots, so at least you can ditch the crutches.
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Lindsay Reply:
November 21st, 2011 at 9:18 am
Your poor wife
Thank you for the kind words 
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omg I am so sorry. I broke my right ankle last year and it was so miserable getting around on the crutches and temp cast and my left ankle was fine. You poor thing. Hopefully the left one feels better quickly and you get into a walking boot as that was HUGE in helping me get around
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AWFUL! I can’t believe how much your ankle has swelled up. And that you hurt both of them!
If I were you, I’d be demanding a Hoveround right now.
I hope you feel better soon!
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