Valentine`s Day was so nice. I came home from work and found 2 doz. red and white roses on the Kitchen island! Now what is unusual about those roses is that they are artificial and they are the roses that he gave me last year. I have them in my tea room on the top of my hutch that I display all my tea cups and tea pots. I just chuckled because I thought he was just being funny. When I looked closer, I saw all these little pieces of paper stuck in the roses. He had written little love poems on them that he made up himself! It was so special. He even wrote one from my cat! So, I did the same. When he came home from work at 11:30 p.m. he had a bunch to read, too. Sweet and inexpensive.
So, yesterday, we went to DD`s for lunch, and pulled in our driveway about 1:30 p.m. There was a new telephone book that had been delivered hanging from our mailbox, which is right on the curb of the road. Hubby just stopped the truck and got out to get it before driving down the rest of the driveway to put the truck in the garage. On his way back to the truck, I heard a whoosh! then I heard him go AAAAGGGHHH! and I didn`t see him. I got out of the truck and tried to get to him but it was all ice. I was hanging on the side of the truck trying to walk. I got back in thinking I could slide through the truck and get out on his side, where he was lying on the ground. He got up and got in and said his left ankle hurt, and he has a standard transmission, so it really hurt to push in the clutch. We got in the house and he laid down on the bed and I got his boot and sock off. It was a bit puffy, but not bruised. It started really hurting so I called his Best Bud to see what he thought. He came right over and decided we needed to go to the E.R. Two and a half hours later, we were home. He had broken his leg, right above the ankle.
Today he had an appt. at the orthopedic surgeon and we got to see the x-ray. It was broken in 3 places. But he was most concerned about the large gap in the joint of the foot and ankle. So, tomorrow he is going into surgery. They are going to put a metal plate in there. I guess it`s supposed to pull everything back in where it belongs. He will have to stay overnight. He will be off work for 3 months. They even wrote out a paper for me to take to work so I can be home all week to take care of him. When he fell, he also hit the back of his head on the driveway, but all there is is a little bump there now, so it`s okay.
I think I should just quit my job so I can be available to who ever needs me! So far this year I have been off 2 days when my step-mom was in the hospital, one day when I hurt my back, and now a week for poor Hubby. The first of the year is usually when I do take most of my time off, but it`s usually because I`m sick.. I hope I stay in good enough health to be there for eveyone I need to be.
I need to go check on him now, he`s upstairs and I`m downstairs. I will let you know how surgery goes when I get a chance.
That Girl |
