My Broken Bones

What Happened and What I'm Doing

{besides typing like a chicken}
peck peck peck

On New Year's Day
we decided to go sledding.

We had sled this hill many times before.....
it had always been so much fun

this time it turned out much different

I told my little Spunky to hop on
but she wanted to sit on back

I'm so thankful that I didn't argue this with her


As we headed down the hill~ I soon realized that it was a solid sheet of ice

We were picking up speed quickly


I couldn't steer



I couldn't stop

and we were headed straight for a tree

As quickly as I could think in such a frightening situation
I stuck out my leg to keep from hitting the tree with my head

and thought


"I'm going to break my leg doing this"

Next thing I know~

I'm in excruciating pain


all I can see is whiteness

and all I can hear is my Spunky crying
and a lady yelling

"Should I call 911!?"


My girlie had hit her knee but seemed to be ok

I couldn't stand alone so my husband raced up the hill for our van
and drove to the road at the bottom of the hill

Half an hour later

I was sitting in a wheelchair
with morphine pumping through my veins

and a wrist that looked like a camel hump


I broke my tailbone
my wrist
have bumps
and bruises

But I'm thankful


I'm thankful that I was sitting in front

I'm thankful that we don't have head injuries

I'm thankful that my leg isn't broken

I'm thankful to be alive


that may seem exaggerated
but I'm telling you

it was scary




but it could have been worse


and now I've spent the last 2 weeks
laying on my left side

wearing pajama pants

watching re-runs of Seinfeld
and
stupid movies at 2 am

reading books

opening things with my teeth

and being thankful


Sure there have been times that I wished it never happened
or I'm feeling sorry for myself

but it doesn't do any good

so I concentrate on the good things


*************
Tonight I did my first cooking
{my wonderful church family has been preparing our meals for two weeks~
they are amazing
I love you guys}

I made chocolate chip cookies...comfort food...ya think?
{and I definitely don't need them after 2 weeks of inactivity}

I know that there may be egg shells in them

but I know we can ignore the extra crunch

because
We are thankful


and my heart goes out to those poor people in Haiti that are hurt


but can't get the help they need in half an hour at the ER

don't forget to pray for them



be careful out on the ice

and be thankful

love

Chasity

photos from flickr