Sunday, March 30, 2008

An Injury Day Sunday

What a day, what a day! I had to be at work at 7 am, I am NOT a morning person at all! I was not awake when I got there. At 7:30 this morning, someone needed change, so I got it out of the safe. There is this large filing cabinet right next to the safe. Well, remember, I was half asleep, would NEVER in a million years have done this on purpose, believe me! Go to close the safe, and I normally don't close that door too gently, it's a door, I just close it like I do any door. I slammed the safe door into my left knee, and OMG! My knee was caught between the safe and the filing cabinet! I was certainly awake then! It was painful right when it happened, but after a couple of minutes, the pain started to fade to a burn, so I took some aspirin anyway, just in case. I worked for about 4 hours after that on that knee, with it constantly just swelling up. I had already told everyone at work what had happened. They all cringed.
Well, around 11:30, I was in so much pain, I had to sit for a little bit, so I had another manager take the floor so I could grab a quick bite of something. Well, it wasn't long before I had to get back up on the floor again! I couln't move very fast at all! That is not like me. If I can't move fast, something's wrong. Anyway, sometime during lunch, my SIL "T" came through the DT, and I told her what had happened, and she was like, "Now that wasn't too smart!" and laughed at me, but that's a typical response from any of the inlaws, she meant nothing by it. She knew I didn't do it on purpose.
Ok, the day goes on by, I'm scheduled off at 4. I had already left a message in the store manager's inbox about what had happened. By 2:30, I had to call her, b/c I wasn't for sure if I was gonna need it seen or not (I always lean more towards NOT if I can help it). So she got updated on everything through the day. I told her, "I'm gonna get my deposit done now, and get on out of here so I can go home and put ice on this." She said that was fine.
Ok, get home, get a hot bath, go lay down with an ice pack, it's starting to feel better. My SIL "A" shows up, and I filled her in on what happened. Well, I laid back down and was falling asleep before she left. Around 6:30, I woke up to hear David on the nextel with his younger sister. Apparently "T" had fallen either off the dock or the boat, and they think she may have broken her leg. This is NOT the 1st time "T" and I have had "similar" injuries (I just want to know which leg of hers it is) on the exact same day. Last time, we both got badly burned. I know mine was my right arm, I believe hers was her right arm, but can't be for sure. But, "T" always outdoes me on the injuries!
I sure hope she's doing to be ok! As much pain as I'm in, I'm sure she's in worse pain. I will definitely say a prayer for her!
My injury is gonna end up being a badly bruised knee. The ONLY way I will go see a doctor with it, is if I can't walk tomorrow. My knee is still swollen, but I have ice packs, and a bag of peas (compliments of my MIL) for it!
I will talk to yall later!
Priscilla

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