Life Since the Camporee

Sunday evening, after we got home from the camporee, I called to check on Mr. M and found out that he had fallen into the ditch while getting his mail the afternoon before. He was hurrying because he could hear a car coming, dropped a piece of mail, went to pick it up, lost his balance and landed in the ditch. Fortunately, a neighbor was passing by, saw him fall, and got him out of the ditch and into the house. I went to Mr. M's to check on him--his right arm (dominant one, of course) was black and blue and swollen from the middle of his upper arm down to his wrist. I told him that we needed to get it checked out.

Monday, I took Mr. M to his primary care doctor who took one look at the arm and sent us to an orthopedist. They took an x-ray of his elbow--said there was no visible break. Instructions were to keep it elevated. By the time we went to two doctors, lunch, and Walmart--the day was gone.

Tuesday afternoon, I went and fixed Mr. M some supper, filled his pill box, fed Pepper, etc.

Wednesday I did some urgently needed grocery shopping and studied (somewhat) for an algebra test. Home Health came out and did an assessment of Mr. M.

Thursday was the algebra test. Home health began coming out to check on Mr. M--help with dressing, shaving, bathing, etc.

Friday and Sabbath were fairly uneventful--just the usual stuff going on.

Sunday I went to Sonic and got Mr. M some lunch and went to do some laundry for him. He only ate a couple bites of food. I went back later and made up his beds with clean sheets. That evening, he called wanting to go to the ER--his grandson and I both told him to call 911--he did. I went to his house and pulled in right behind the ambulance. The EMTs checked his vitals and said they were normal, but they would take him to the ER if he still wanted to go. He decided to stay home.

Monday, T wasn't feeling well so we skipped the monthly homeschool meeting. By evening, he was feeling better, so we went to piano and Pathfinders.

Tuesday, I got my algebra test back--actual score was 84 but the teacher had given everyone 11 points raising my score to a 95%. I picked up a house mounted mailbox for Mr. M on the way home (his doctor had written a letter to the post office saying that his mail should be delivered to the door--the mailman had started doing so the day before). I also went and voted before going to Mr. M's and mounting the mailbox.

Wednesday, we (Mr. M and I) went back to the orthopedist for another x-ray. Still no sign of a break, though his arm was still very bruised, tender, and swollen. We ate lunch in the hospital cafeteria then went to his primary care doctor to discuss his episode on Sunday night and his medications. That was followed by a trip to Walmart--Mr. M got a haircut while I shopped for him and got his prescriptions filled. Then we came home.