Re: Shari and fractured wrist

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hi kathy and everyone that said nice words about my little injury here....

It actually happened very stupidly if that is a word..... I had a runner rug in my hallway that must have gotten bunched up a little and on Monday I was getting Logan ready for Pre-k and I couldn't find his shoes.... I was in a hurry as we were running late so I went to look in the spare bedroom to see if he had stuck them in there for some reason and I didn't turn on the hall light... I tripped over the rug and caught myself - outside if the wrist first on the decorative molding around the door... it was pretty stupid. I was going fast and I hit it so hard my knee actually put a dent/crack in the door!! my hubby has to try to fix that. I hit that little pointy bone on the outside of my arm and it swelled to about the size of an egg... I figured it was just a bruise and later that day my mom came by to visit w/ Logan and she freaked out and forced me go to the Urgent Care clinic w/ her. They took some x-ray and sure enough there was a small fracture on the outside bone and a very deep contusion. the next day I took off the temp cast and my whole wrist was almost black!! it looked pretty gross. I think the majority of the pain is due to the bruising and they also think I sprained my wrist in the process as it hurts to move my fingers, etc.

Anyways - that is the jist of it.... i moved the rug, by the way!! It actually looks much better now and a lot of the swelling and bruising is gone - it is just pretty sore. luckily I am left handed and I hurt the right although I am finding out just how hard it is to only have one arm.... I cannot imagine losing an arm or having to wear a permanent cast for 3 months as some breaks go.... I was very lucky they said I could keep the removable one as it wasn't a clean break so I can take it off for a little while each day.

thanks for the kind words everyone!

love

shari

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Shari,

I am so sorry you had this mishap! At least, as you said, you can

take off your temporary cast and get a little relief from having to

wear that daily. I hope you heal quickly!

Patty

> hi kathy and everyone that said nice words about my little injury

here....

>

> It actually happened very stupidly if that is a word..... I had a

runner rug

> in my hallway that must have gotten bunched up a little and on

Monday I was

> getting Logan ready for Pre-k and I couldn't find his shoes.... I

was in a

> hurry as we were running late so I went to look in the spare

bedroom to see if he

> had stuck them in there for some reason and I didn't turn on the

hall light...

> I tripped over the rug and caught myself - outside if the wrist

first on the

> decorative molding around the door... it was pretty stupid. I

was going fast

> and I hit it so hard my knee actually put a dent/crack in the

door!! my

> hubby has to try to fix that. I hit that little pointy bone on

the outside of my

> arm and it swelled to about the size of an egg... I figured it was

just a

> bruise and later that day my mom came by to visit w/ Logan and she

freaked out and

> forced me go to the Urgent Care clinic w/ her. They took some x-

ray and sure

> enough there was a small fracture on the outside bone and a very

deep

> contusion. the next day I took off the temp cast and my whole

wrist was almost

> black!! it looked pretty gross. I think the majority of the pain

is due to the

> bruising and they also think I sprained my wrist in the process as

it hurts to

> move my fingers, etc.

>

> Anyways - that is the jist of it.... i moved the rug, by the

way!! It

> actually looks much better now and a lot of the swelling and

bruising is gone -

> it is just pretty sore. luckily I am left handed and I hurt the

right although

> I am finding out just how hard it is to only have one arm.... I

cannot

> imagine losing an arm or having to wear a permanent cast for 3

months as some

> breaks go.... I was very lucky they said I could keep the

removable one as it

> wasn't a clean break so I can take it off for a little while each

day.

>

> thanks for the kind words everyone!

> love

> shari