You might have a problem with yard sales if you fall and hurt your ankle and still manage to purchase the special items you really wanted!
This is exactly what happened to me on Saturday morning. My husband and I were on our way to our favorite antique store. It's only open on Saturdays, and they save broken plates and such for me. Isn't that great? Anyway, we were stopping at a local corner store for some gas that has now reached a price equal to or greater than that of gold, but that's another story.
We saw this fantastic yard sale, and I spotted some plates they had even at a distance. You can tell I'm a mosaic artist can't you? We parked and were crossing the street when I just simply tripped over my own feet and went down. John managed to catch me enough that he broke my fall. I didn't hit my head or anything, but when I tried to stand up, I felt dizzy and weak. I just stayed there on the curb for awhile calming down. When I tested my ankle, it hurt like the dickens when I put weight on it. I saw a lady walking over to the plates and sent John over to claim them first. He looked at me like I had lost my mind! lol But he managed to snag all of the blue and white flowered ones and a couple of the ones with roses. yay!
I saw a couple of other items like some Rogers silverplate silverware, a bag of vintage marbles, an antique bracelet, a cool vintage wooden box purse that will be cool to mosaic. There were some sweet finds there!
When I almost couldn't walk back to the van and only made it by hopping on one foot and leaning on John, we realized that my ankle had to be severely sprained at the least, so we decided to pass on the antique store this week. I figured she'd save any broken stuff because she knows I try to make it by her place as often as I can.
So, we went home and I elevated my foot and iced it down. The cozy cuddle bag I had in the freezer came in very handy. It's a good thing I didn't sell my prototype! Finally, I realized that I absolutely could not put pressure on it, so we had to get it checked out and probably x-rayed. After several frustrating phone calls, we found a clinic with Saturday hours on our health plan.
The nurse who took me to x-ray and stuff had a bit of an attitude, but who wouldn't if they had to work on Saturday? She kept saying that it was probably just sprained and that they get a lot of sprains that patients originally thought were broken.
Well, you know how x-ray technicians aren't allowed to tell you anything about the test/x-ray results? This gal didn't say a word, but her whole attitude toward me changed as soon as she saw the x-ray, so I knew it was more than a sprain.
Fast forward to the doc walking into the room. He says right off that it's broken. He gets me fitted for this support boot thingy that they put on my foot/leg to support it and keep it in place, writes a prescription for painkillers and then casually says that he's also making me an appointment with a podiatrist (foot specialist) because the break is a little high on my ankle and might require a cast or even surgery! So keep good thoughts for me next week that at the worst I need a hard cast.
On the way to the only pharmacy on my health plan that is open on Saturday, we passed Hobby Lobby, and I must have had that look on my face because even before I could say anything, John said, "No, I am not carrying you into Hobby Lobby!" I didn't say a word, just looked longingly at the store as we passed by.
Meds had me loopy, so I didn't get much mosaic work done yesterday. I don't think John trusted me with sharp objects anyway. lol! I've been able to take less medicine today, so I'm not as fuzzy.
Well, at least I can get out of housework for awhile, and I can do my art while sitting down.
Gizmo doesn't know what to think. He keeps trying to get the bledsoe boot off, and he doesn't understand why my foot is resting on HIS cozy cuddle bag. He keeps trying to pull it out from under my foot. When I get up to hobble somewhere, he often barks at the boot like it's attacking me or something!
If you're a geek like I am and think x-rays are interesting, I attached a copy of one.
At least I'm on summer break so I don't have to go to work like this. But darn it, I'm going to have this to deal with most of the summer.