Some of you know that Skip and I were in a bike wreck (young kid ran a red light, we t-boned his Lexus...never saw it coming!), back in early February.
I ended up with cracked ribs, broken wrist and pinky finger on my right hand and am right handed, of course!
Skip suffered a broken pelvis and a tear in his bladder.
Skip had health insurance, through work but I had none. Since I didn't have insurance, I really feel like I got the "short end of the stick" when it came to getting a doctor to do my follow-up visit on my cast.
Tried going to a local doc but by the time his office got my medical records from the hospital in Chattanooga, it had been 6 weeks. He refused to see me incase something wasn't right, this way he couldn't be held accountable.
Finally got an appointment down in Chattanooga on Tuesday (9 weeks later) and am cast free!!!
Still have to wear a wrist brace but it's so awesome to be free from packing around that "concrete block" on my arm 24/7!
Skip is healing well...tear in his bladder healed quickly and he is now using a cane to walk since the doc gave him the okay to put weight on his right leg.
He's a happy camper now!
He's left handed so he had a large time ribbing me about having to become left handed after the wreck and took to calling me Lefty, every chance he got. I am surprised at just how good I've gotten at using my left hand. We had to move some chickens around during our recovery and learned that I'm better at catching them with my left hand/arm so I've been calling myself Lefty, the one-armed chicken wrangler. It's been quite fitting, if I do say so myself...
Having been left handed this long, I have to constantly remind myself to use my right hand again. I go back to the doc's in 2 weeks, Skip doesn't go back for 6 weeks.
Sorry for rambling on...just super-excited to have my arm back and to watch Skip walking around helping me with critter chores!
Dawn
I ended up with cracked ribs, broken wrist and pinky finger on my right hand and am right handed, of course!
Skip had health insurance, through work but I had none. Since I didn't have insurance, I really feel like I got the "short end of the stick" when it came to getting a doctor to do my follow-up visit on my cast.
Tried going to a local doc but by the time his office got my medical records from the hospital in Chattanooga, it had been 6 weeks. He refused to see me incase something wasn't right, this way he couldn't be held accountable.
Finally got an appointment down in Chattanooga on Tuesday (9 weeks later) and am cast free!!!
Skip is healing well...tear in his bladder healed quickly and he is now using a cane to walk since the doc gave him the okay to put weight on his right leg.
He's left handed so he had a large time ribbing me about having to become left handed after the wreck and took to calling me Lefty, every chance he got. I am surprised at just how good I've gotten at using my left hand. We had to move some chickens around during our recovery and learned that I'm better at catching them with my left hand/arm so I've been calling myself Lefty, the one-armed chicken wrangler. It's been quite fitting, if I do say so myself...
Having been left handed this long, I have to constantly remind myself to use my right hand again. I go back to the doc's in 2 weeks, Skip doesn't go back for 6 weeks.
Sorry for rambling on...just super-excited to have my arm back and to watch Skip walking around helping me with critter chores!
Dawn
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