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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  I was bedridden on my stomach for 1/2 week and then could lie on my back and at 10 days post-op went home. The next morning as I was watching TV lying on the den couch, the central heating unit exploded and began burning the house. I had to jump several times to get the electrical switch inside its closet turned off - it is high up and I could tell from all of the arcing and the smell that it was an electrical fire; and then get Danny out of his bed and out the window, which I had to open and it wouldn't come up - kind of stuck and then call 911. I then had to get back in here and use the fire extinguisher for a while and then the smoke was so bad I couldn't breathe so I had to to out the nearest bedroom window, again which I had to lift open and up and kick the screen off - all while my 18 mo. old son was outside where I had told him to stay and a neighbor was holding him and others were trying to get in the house. Needless to say, my back surgery was totally undone at that point and I had a lot of internal injuries and scarring. I'll bet your post-op course goes a lot smoother than that! Turning off the electricity to the electrical fire and using the fire extinguisher had helped put a lot of fire out and the FD only had some little fires to put out, use fans to blow out smoke and the damage was not that bad. We had to stay with Jimmy's parents until the house was fixed but we were lucky it didn't all go up the Fire Chief said. My back wasn't quite as lucky and it's been a horror ever since. But in about 9 mos. I was back working part time for the doctor and doing better. Jimmy always scolded me for not just getting Danny and getting right out of the house and letting it burn but I didn't think like that during the emergency - just did what I had to to save Danny and try to stop the fire as best I could. I wasn't even wearing my back brace during all of that as I had been lying down when the explosion happened and no time to get into it. I hope you first day back home is less eventful! |
Omg ! That is crazy. Wow. I am so sorry you had to go through that. I understand when you go through something like a fire. You automatically just go into preservation. You don't think oh I am hurt I can do that.
I am only staying a day or two. Then home. I am so worried about Galen. We are in potty training. I won't be able to pick him up. Or play with him.