what a week!

So…  this is what happened.  I’m riding the bus home on Wednesday night, sick as usual.  I won’t be riding the bus anymore.  My stomach really does not like the bus.  Anyhoo, my nephew calls me when I’m at Willow and Meridian (about 15 minutes from home).  He tells me that he came home and “found grandma on the bathroom floor, and they have called the ambulance.  They are going to Good Samaritan.”  Oh my god.  I can’t tell you how helpless I felt.  I mean really, I’m on the bus, there was nothing I could do.  I called John and asked where he was…  He was behind me.  Why I didn’t get off the bus at that time, I really don’t know.  I rode down to my stop where John picked me up.  We stopped at the house to ensure they were not still there, and then went to the hospital. 

My mom had been on the floor for 2 and a half hours waiting for someone to get home.  She dislocated her hip.  I’ve never seen her in so much pain.  I’ve been doing this hospital thing with my mother for years.  The pain associated with this one was so much more than any other pain I’ve seen.  Finally a nurse came and gave her a bunch of pain meds.  It was so funny really, one minute she was crying and in horrible pain, the next she was smiling and high really.  After 2 hours the doctor came in, stepped on the gurney and popped that hip right into place.  My mom woke up a few minutes later, and the pain was gone.  It was incredible.

We were home by 10, and while she is sore, she is fine.  Isn’t that incredible.  She if fine, after all that pain, she is fine.  It was a horrible night, but I’m so glad that she is ok…

When I got home, in the mail box was the sweetest card from my Secret Pal.  How did she know that I was going to need a little pick-me-up on Wednesday?  I swear, I really have the best pal.  She is.  I don’t lie.  The card has a pattern on the front, a baby sweater called “Mikey Likes It.”  On the back she wrote the sweetest note!  I’ll try and take a picture today.  Thank you so much Secret Pal for making my day just a little bit brighter!

Today is the amino, 4 hours from now, it will be over.  I keep telling John that he is going to have to buy me a really expensive purse.  Really, I think he will be taking me to the yarn store to buy some yarn to make that sweater (and maybe 1 or 2 more, Rowan cottons seem in order).

Please wish me luck today.  I know it will be fine, but I feel like it’s just mind over matter…  I’ve just got to decide that the needle isn’t as bad as I think it is.

Comments

  1. I’m keeping you, and your mom, in my thoughts. I’m glad she is doing better. And you’re going to get through this test just fine, Gwen. Just think of yarn…lovely, lovely yarn. Ohm….

  2. I’m glad that my card lifted your spirits! I will definitely be saying a little prayer for your Mom. I hope you have a better weekend!

    Hang in there!