Well...traditionally for the last 4 years, we have always done a family fondue night. On the afternoon of New Year's Eve, I put the youngest down for a nap and took off for the store to get all of the fixings with grocery list in hand. The sun was shining and I had my sunglasses on. Got to the store that we frequent all the time, stepped out of the car and proceeded to fall due to ice that was apparently on the ground. Unfortunately, I landed completely on my left hand. As I went to stand up, I realized that my wrist was REALLY messed up. So...I called Joe, started the car and drove home so that he could take me to the hospital. Thank GOD Matt was home that night because I have NO idea what we would have done with the little boys if he wasn't home. We got to the ER and they got me in fairly quickly due to the fact that I was in MAJOR pain and was not being quiet about it. At that point the shock had worn off and the pain was horrendous. They drugged me up and sent me to Xray. After lots of good pain meds, the verdict was a severely fractured joint of the distal Radius in 3 different places. They knocked me out for 10 minutes to reset everything (it was extremely distorted) and took more Xrays and finally sent us on our way around 10:30pm. It was an exhausting day, the boys were missing us and I was completely doped up on pain meds. To be honest with you...I don't remember much from that night...just that I was in an enormous amount of pain and reality was hitting about how in the WORLD I was going to be a mommy to two little boys with one hand. With a little help from my mom who so graciously came up to help us while Joe went to work for a few days, we managed and got through it. I am very grateful to my wonderful husband who has really picked up the slack over the last 7 weeks. We could not have done this without him. After a few bad doctors who put my arm into a horrible position, we finally found a great one and my arm is healing very nicely. I should be getting it off on the 23rd, so I am praying that happens. I just want my independence back!!!!!!!! Here are a few pictures of my arm in case you were interested.
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