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.