Mar 20th, 2006 by Jesse Moore
It's nice to accomplish feats every once in a while that most people would find improbable. This is something that I try to do from time to time...like spraining my ankle while running on a treadmill (for example). I've never had good luck with my ankles (small feet, big frame), although my anatomy can't be the only thing to blame. I've even sprained my ankle while horseback before (that story involves a charging cow, a thoroughbred horse in full gallop, and a creek bank - and I never left the saddle).
Last night I was told by a physician that I should probably go to the emergency room and have it checked out, so Kami and left the house at 9:30pm and headed north for the nearest hospital. The emergency room was packed, and before long Kami and I both realized that my swollen ankle was going to put us pretty low on the priority list. As an expectant father, I was struck by how many of the waiting patients were kids, held and attended to nervously by their anxious parents. Kami and I sat in silence, watching the look of helplessness wash over the faces of each parent as their kid coughed, cried, or wheezed. We waited an hour and a half, and as the lobby swelled with patients (most of them kids), we told the ER Tech that we would be leaving, in the hopes that if nothing else was accomplished, maybe a kid would be returning to their bed that much sooner. I think the next time we run out of things (and people) to pray for, we'll just hang out in the lobby of the emergency room for a spell.
I did go to my physician today, and it looks like I'll be spending the week in my Lay-Z-Boy with my leg elevated. Hopefully this means that I'll write some long overdue emails and update the blog more often.
Last night I was told by a physician that I should probably go to the emergency room and have it checked out, so Kami and left the house at 9:30pm and headed north for the nearest hospital. The emergency room was packed, and before long Kami and I both realized that my swollen ankle was going to put us pretty low on the priority list. As an expectant father, I was struck by how many of the waiting patients were kids, held and attended to nervously by their anxious parents. Kami and I sat in silence, watching the look of helplessness wash over the faces of each parent as their kid coughed, cried, or wheezed. We waited an hour and a half, and as the lobby swelled with patients (most of them kids), we told the ER Tech that we would be leaving, in the hopes that if nothing else was accomplished, maybe a kid would be returning to their bed that much sooner. I think the next time we run out of things (and people) to pray for, we'll just hang out in the lobby of the emergency room for a spell.
I did go to my physician today, and it looks like I'll be spending the week in my Lay-Z-Boy with my leg elevated. Hopefully this means that I'll write some long overdue emails and update the blog more often.
Hope you are recovering quickly. Enough with the health kick already!
We miss you already Jess! I bet Kami enjoys the extra time with you, though.
On the ER experience- Years ago Hugh was chiseling a bedpost in the living room of our apartment (don’t ask) and the chisel slipped and gouged his arm. We rushed in to WAIT and WAIT and WAIT. After an hour, we removed the hand-held pressure bandage to reveal a pretty clean wound. We bailed and bought butterfly bandages. It would have healed perfectly except that a week later we went hiking at Lake Cushman and we shared a mummy bag in the rain under a tarp. My hair + his bandage = great scar.
Jess, Sorry about the sprain. As an ER tech I’ve
been told that they can hurt just as bad as a break.
My advice. Go to a good chiropractor, sometimes they can get them manipulated back in. As to the ER wait. I would hope that young
parents would educate themselves on how to manage illness in their kids. Ok, I won’t go on about this, but how many times did I take you to
the Dr? I know, I tortured you with things like cayenne tea.
love you,
Mom
enjoy your time in the chair, pretend you are retired !!!
I hurt my lower back and am recovering from that. I think it is related to the elipitical machine we bought and now I am afraid to get back on it. Maybe I will just grow old and fat and be happy.
I hope your ankle is looking better. I know it probably won’t feel better until, well who knows with ankles. So how is the ice treating you?
Having fun with the Play-Dough?
Hope you don’t get too stir crazy in the next few days.
Alex
Play Dough! That’s good, Alex.
Alex dropped off a few movies for me to watch while I’m laid up, as well as to easter eggs filled with Play-Dough. I actually have had occassion to break them out while I’ve been contained to my chair.
I check your blog once in a blue moon and this is what i read. Bummer Jesse. However, i hope the experience helped you gain perspective on a few things.. such as the importance of prayer over your little ones. Being in an ER with your baby could only be one of the most helpless situations for a parent. That is, if they dont have the confidence of Whom they call their GOD.
much love to you and kami.
andrea