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3/16/18 -- I guess my job at the printing company is coming to an end, once again.  Supposedly Tuesday will or should be the temps last day for a while.  I don't mind but the staffing service called me and said that because this is a comp. case I have to be doing something while the staffing agency continues to pay me and pay the medical expenses.  She seems to thinks so, anyway.  She said that she will get more info, on Monday as their main office is on the East coast and they were already closing when she was talking to me.  I don't mind doing something that I can sit down and do and still have the ability to leave at the same time.
  The babysitting job that I had been doing, I can't quite do yet due to the gravel driveway and the steps to get to the door.  I don't particularly want to hurt my self by the trying to walk with the crutches on gravel, and the gma, doesn't want that either.  Anyway, she wants to know if I will watch her little gdaughter during spring break, which I don't have a problem doing.  She is willing to bring her to my apartment. Well, gma works here in the same town that I live in, so she isn't going out of her way.

Wondering Thoughts

3/15/18 -- I mentioned, in my last post, about not complaining about being in a wheel chair because I know people that have to being them, permanently.  Well, I was sitting the wheelchair, unfolding paperwork when thoughts of my little sister started wondering thru my head.  Caught me so off guard, and i don't even know what brought those thoughts but they brought me to tears, for a few minutes.  I haven't really complained about being in the wheelchair, cause I know people in them plus I know that I will be getting out of it, eventually.  I use my office chair to roll around in here, at home.  I also use my crutches, because it feels good to get up and move around.  I don't really need blood clots forming in my legs due to lack of movement.  Even at work, I use my crutches to go to the bathroom because it is so much easier than the wheelchair.  It also, feels so good to just stand up.  Since I can use my left leg for balance without putting any weight on it, makes it somewhat easier to be on the crutches. However, there are things that I don't particularly want to do because it would just be a hassle, to me, more than anything.
  I have adjusted some of my habits just because of the time factor.  Like taking a shower before work, not happening when it takes me a bit longer to accomplish that feat.  So, I wait to take a shower in the afternoon, after work.  Even simply cleaning the litter box, I have to adjust myself or have someone else do it for me.  I don't like having someone else doing it but sometimes there is a need to do that. 

Results

3/13/18 -- So, yesterday morning (bright and early) I had an MRI on my knee, to find out if there was anything else going on, inside. Given the fact that x-rays don't show torn tendons or torn cartilage   The MRI has shown a bone bruise right in the area where I felt the start pain when I initially injured it.  Now, I have to go 4-6 more weeks with no weight on my knee, using the crutches and rolling around in my office chair.  Plus, taking advantage of the wheel chair and service that I am getting at work. I gotta tell you, this crutch thing, is really making things complicated.
  I have been very careful to not complain simply because there are so many people that are in wheelchairs that seem to get along just fine.  I have no idea if they all have help at home, or not, but I know that i don't.  So, I just have to figure things out as I go.  I do have to figure out the shopping thing.  I can drive but getting the groceries into the apt from my car is the challenge.

Oh Brother cont......

3/10/18 -- I went to the Dr. for the follow up appt. and he is concerned that I can't stand on my left leg/knee because of the pain.  So, an MRI it is.  I am really hoping that there is nothing really wrong and that it will take time to heal.

    I gotta admit that I will take a painful knee as opposed to a smashed face.  I know that it was by the Grace of God that I was turned to the side to avoid the plate glass window.  I am betting that, that is how my left knee was twisted.  I heard once that anywhere your head goes your body will follow.  Well, I thoroughly believe that God directed my head away from that window, my body followed but maybe my knee wasn't in the correct position to follow so then it twisted. I am totally ok with that.

  Yesterday afternoon, my boss wheeled a new wheelchair into the room where I was working.  So, now I have a wheelchair to get around the building.  Also, I was informed that my time there will most likely end next Friday, as with the rest of the temps that are there.  That actually sucks but at the same time, it will allow my knee to heal correctly without having to be sitting all the time.  I will be able to recline and keep my leg level or elevated. 

  When I got back to work, on Wednesday, I was told that the whole plant got lectured due the the accident that I had along with the accidents that had apparently happened in previous weeks.  Too, many for the liking of the owners of the company.  Not only that, but my boss and his boss got in trouble because neither one of them were in the building at the time of my accident.  My boss had come an gone, throughout the day, and I had just seen him before I left for the day. However, he wasn't there and come to find out his boss wasn't there, either, so another plant boss was there with the women that were attending to me, til the EMTs got there.

Oh Brother.....

3/9/18 -- I started working (last tuesday) at the same printing company that I have worked, on and off for the last year.  Anyway, on Monday, of this week, I was leaving the building out the front door, which requires going down some stairs and going out a glass door with glass windows on both sides of the door.  As I got to the 3rd step from the bottom, I took a step down and rolled my right ankle, twisted my left knee, as I fell down.  I don't know if I missed a step or what, all I know is I was on the the floor between the glass and base board heater and the and a wall.  It took me quite awhile to get up.  I don't even know how long I was on the floor before some people finally came to my aid.  I managed to stand up, then when I tried to walk, by shifting my weight to my left leg.  As I shifted my weight to my left leg I got an excruciating pain shooting thru outer part of my left knee.  I immediately sat down, and then someone asked me if I needed an ambulance, when I said yes (because I couldn't walk to my car) someone quickly called 911.  A police officer showed up first, then the ambulance with the EMTs.  There were four EMTs that came, the driver plus 3 more.  It just happened that I knew one of them, from church.  Mind you, there wasn't a whole lot of space between the steps and the door.  So, getting the gurney into the building was a challenge, as they wanted to shield me from the cold wind as long as possible.  They managed to get it into the building and got me on the gurney then we headed to the ambulance.
  I got my first ride in an ambulance to the hospital.  The ride was very interesting but just fine.  It wasn't all that busy in the ER, I was given an X-ray and the end result is nothing us broken. Thankfully.  However, I needed to keep it immobile til I saw the Dr. in a follow up appt.  I was actually in the ER for only 3 hours, ish.  Not too bad.  They ended up just wrapping my knee with an ace bandage.  The knee "braces" that they had were either too small or too long, for my short self.
  I had to message a friend for a ride home, as my car was still at the place of employment's parking lot.  Before I could leave, I had to do a pee test for drugs, and a breath-a-lizer test - you know the after work accident drug and alcohol tests.  I ended up knowing the nurse who came to administer the two tests, from church too.  When I was finally able to go home, it was snowing pretty good.  It was a slow drive home.  It was also a slow hobble to my apartment.  You see, there was plenty of snow on the side walk and the wind was blowing pretty good.