I have a ~sort of~ funny story to tell from this weekend. The entire family was sitting in the cafeteria at the hospital, and my dad was telling a funny story about my grandma- he stood up to demonstrate something, and collapsed on the floor- he was rolling around in pain- I had no idea what was going on. I told my brother to run and find someone to help us. In the mean time, I push the table away, and tell my dad to just hold still, we are getting someone to help him. He rolls over on his hands and knees and I see that his foot is pointed in the wrong direction- sort of pointing back up at his face.... and there is a giant "bump" sticking out of the side of his foot. He looks up at me, and says, it is ok, he is in a lot of pain, but it is just his ankle. It is dislocated and if he can get his muscles to relax, it will go right back into place... I am shaking so bad that I can hardly stand..... a few minutes later, and he is back to normal. No pain, nothing. A security guard runs into the cafeteria and asks the worker what is going on... he comes over and dad tells him that is ok, it happens a lot, and doesn't need any help. A minute later, and an ER Nurse and the Nurse supervisor comes in and wants to know what is going on.... My dad told them, and they were a little skeptical that he didn't need to be looked at by a dr. So, my dad gets up and starts doing a little jig.... they could not believe that it was not hurting, swelling, nothing... He tells them that he is a nurse and knows that he is ok. They left, but we sure had a laugh at the looks on their faces when he got up and started dancing! |