Well, it got above freezing. We drove the trash down to the place in the driveway where we have the trash can. I got out and started to roll the trash can down. I immediately started slipping badly. My husband drove on down to get the mail, then stopped to get out to help me, when he saw I was having trouble.
I waited, but he didn’t come. I kept creeping down, inches at a time with the trash can. I finally got down to the street and left the trash can. He had fallen and was trying to get into the truck. He made it back inside the truck just as I made my way over. His left foot had gone out from under him and he fell backwards, hitting his shoulder. He almost couldn’t get into the truck. He insisted he could drive, so we drove down to the church, turned around with lots of pain for his left shoulder, then made it back up the driveway and to the house.
I had him take some aspirin and got him settled in his chair with the heating pad wrapped all around it. I got him a drink. He’s watching TV and I just checked on him. He was holding the heat pad close to his shoulder. He says it feels a bit better.
We should have driven all the way down to the road, then he could have gotten the mail while I tried to walk up for the trash can. Shoulda – woulda – coulda. Now we’re supposed to get an ice storm starting tonight-into-tomorrow. We’ll just stay up here until further notice – until we can get wherever we need to go without getting out of the truck on ice, assuming we can get down the driveway in the first place.
Did I tell you I’m ready for spring?
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As Catherine Dennis used to say, “good grief“. I hope Harvey is doing well and the shoulder has stopped hurting. I know that scared you. I fell this evening in my bedroom. I still can’t figure out how. I don’t know if I stepped off of my shoe or turned my legs. I was taking something out of a lower cabinet and the next thing I knew I was going down on my bottom. Thank goodness everything was well padded, nothing broke. I got up with no problem just major, humiliation and embarrassment. Falling is my fear. We still have snow in our backyard and on part of our front yard. I’m ready for it to go away. I thoroughly enjoyed it while it was here. I walked out in it and tried to make a dry snowball. It did not work well. I think both my birds and I would be willing to put our scratch marks on your get rid of January appeal.
I’m surprised with the skills that both of you have with creativity and electronic and welding knowledge you haven’t figured out some sort of tram system to get your garbage down to the bottom of the hill.
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Tell Harvey my right rear end sympathizes with his shoulder. Keep us posted.
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Hi, Murray. The clinic here doesn’t open until 1pm due to the ice. I have given the answering service two phone numbers. If they will take an x-ray, we’ll try to get to the clinic this afternoon. YOU take care, Sweet Murray. We love you.
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