Yesterday morning Benjamin and I woke up, got dressed and headed down to the therapy gym. The pillow case contraption one of the therapists rigged to help him drive had been messed up so he asked me to drive. I jumped in his lap and took off happy to get to drive. I, of course, drove it full speed and made race car noises down the hall. As we neared the elevator I decided not to slow down and make a smooth swoop into the elevator. This would have been impressive if I had cleared the elevator door........however, I did not. My foot that was sitting on top of the front wheel was smashed between the wall and the death machine (otherwise known as a wheelchair). Pretty embarrassed by my graceful display of skill I quietly drove into the elevator. By the time we got to the 3rd floor tears were starting to come from the pain in my foot. I slipped of my sandal and it was already swollen. We headed back to the room and by then it was swollen even more and looked like a Cheeto puff was under my skin. When I stood on it to unlock the door it hurt SO bad......I proceeded to panic hysterically.
I telephoned my mom, who called Sara to come see about me. LUCKILY it just so happened to be the day my grandparents were coming to Atlanta so I called them to please make haste. I laid down and propped my foot on Benjamin's death machine. After a little while John Mark took him to therapy and I continued to lay there until Sara came. She held ice on it and we contemplated on what to do......blah blah.....my grandparents came and my foot was blue....blah blah....I decided that I could wait to get an x-ray and just tried not to walk on it.
Benjamin got back from therapy. He is able to drive his chair now but he sits hunched over. When he first got his chair he was sitting hunched over so they put this foam block behind him that pushed his back so he could sit straight. However, those were what was making it so he couldn't drive so they had to remove them and nobody can do something that will make him sit upright. He hates it. He's very frustrated about it. Hopefully someone in Gainesville will know a trick.
During his therapy sessions they just worked on loosening his shoulder muscles so they aren't so painful.
Chadwick arrived for a surprise visit. Benjamin was happy about that. My grandparents had to leave and I continued to sit there all afternoon. By 7 I was miserable and wanted my mom. So I talked to Benjamin, packed my things and headed home. Benjamin wasn't thrilled about me coming home but he said it was ok.
So, I'm typing this from the comfort of my room, bed and nick at nite. My foot still hurt today to walk on it. I hurt like around the last 3 toes and up a little. I can walk if I walk on the side of my foot and big toe. It's not attractive though. If it's not better by Friday or Monday I'm going to go get an x-ray. But for now I'm just chillaxing.
I've talked to Benjamin and they have been packing stuff up and getting things figured out for tomorrow. Chadwick stayed and will be going with them to Gainesville. I won't be going to Gainesville until at least Monday. Bo is coming home for the weekend and I want to see him. Hopefully my foot will be ok by then. I'm not happy about my current injury.