Fun with Crutches

I was cruising along this week with very little pain in my knee, until a split second incident yesterday morning where I straightened my bad knee too much on a step and YIKES!  Pain that was super intense, but thankfully passed pretty quickly.  Knee was a little swollen and sore the rest of the day, so today I am going to be extra careful so I don't set myself back any.

In the meantime, let me tell you about the fun I am having with crutches:

1. To add to the rash on my arms, I also have two pretty awesome raw spots about three inches below my armpits.  I think it is from the material of my shirt rubbing every time I take a step with crutches - at least that is when it hurts the most.  I keep repositioning the crutches, but the raw spot just gets bigger.  It is fun.

2.  While cooking dinner on Sunday, one of the crutches I had leaning on the counter slipped and landed on the big toe of my good foot. It hurt. I may lose the nail.  

3.  I can turn on and off light switches with my crutch, even though it isn't really a necessity. 

4.  I can turn on and off the sink spigot with my crutch, even though it isn't really a necessity. 

5.  I can reach the toilet paper in the bathroom closet from the toilet with my crutches, and sometimes that is a necessity. 

6.  My children use my crutches randomly just for fun and then unintentionally (or maybe not) leave them somewhere that is not near me.  Super helpful. 

7.  I used my crutch to put a barrier between Chip and Cooper when they were playing fetch in my office and things got out of hand.  Here is what we think happened....Cooper had his Wubba (dog toy) in his mouth, Chip was pulling it away from him to throw it and accidentally also grabbed one of Cooper's long thick whiskers and pulled it out of Cooper's face (we found it on the floor), along with the toy. Cooper lost his mind. Now, these are not small hair like whiskers, these are thick hard whiskers that are like porcupine tines. Cooper was not happy about it and was giving Chip some pretty angry hard barking.  Cooper did not try to bite Chip, but he sure sounded like he wanted to.  So, we all three need therapy to deal with our angry feelings over the situation and the Wubba has been removed from  the playtime rotation. 

8. I can knock down cobwebs that are in high corners of my house with my crutches.  

9. I can shut doors, move kitchen chairs, close the dishwasher, straighten out rugs and push down the recliner footrest with my crutches.  

10.  Finally, I can goose my children when they walk by or hit them if they sass me.  Actually, I have only hit Chip once and it really was on accident, even though he would probably tell you otherwise.  

I know....it could be worse...at least I am improving...there is an end in sight...it won't last forever.  I am grateful for all of that and also praying that soon this time recovering will just be a distant memory!  

Happy Hump Day!