Friday afternoon, when I walked out of the Orthopedic office with no crutches I was so happy! I sent a text to my family and some of my girls celebrating my good news! There was definitely a Woo Hoo in my text!
About an hour later, I received a response from my friend Lori (Tibi's mom!) that had the appropriate amount of YEAH! Hallelujah! that I would expect in response to my great news! We had been regulars at the dog park together for well over a year and my injured leg had really put a damper on things. She had dutifully checked in on me, left sweet little prizes on my doorstep and we were both more than ready to get back to our regular visits!
Except....
Her text also included a picture of her swollen left knee and it said "You won't believe what happened about 30 minutes ago. I was playing ball with Tibi in the back yard and she crashed into me and I had some incredible pain in my leg. I am icing it now, taking some Tylenol and waiting."
Lori lives right around the corner from me, so I hopped in my car to deliver my crutches and knee brace in hopes that they would help her be a little more mobile while she surveyed the damage to her knee.
SIDE NOTE: I got to meet her ADORABLE grandchildren (along with her son and daughter-in-law, who were also darling, but it might be a little much to call them ADORABLE) while I was dropping off the knee gear. ADORABLE is in all caps, because Holy Guacamole they were just precious. Why do I want to put all the little children in my purse and bring them home with me?
Lori was icing her knee and planning to to give it until morning to make her next move. If it wasn't a bit better in the morning, she would go to the ER to get some X-rays. I assume pain progressed over the course of the afternoon, because a few hours later, I got a message that said "Does this look familiar?" along with this photo:
Y'all....her Tibia is fractured...SAME LEG, SAME BONE, SAME LOCATION! What in the world kind of horrible coincidence is this? My fracture was intact, which I think means the bones were still together and with hers there is definitely a gap between the bones, so I think her break is much worse. Of course, my left leg immediately started aching in sympathy and remembrance. UGH! It hurts so bad and I am so freshly removed from it that I could have just thrown up.
Instead of throwing up, I immediately started in with selfish rants like "Quit copying me!" and "We are NEVER going to get to go back to the dog park!" She assured me that copying me was not her intention and that my waterfall story was way better than getting mowed over by a rambunctious chocolate lab. We got a chuckle out of it, but it really isn't funny at all. It is awful.
So, please join me in praying for my sweet friend. She will be dealing with this injury in the days and weeks to come and will need every bit of God's healing comfort to get through it.
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