I had the most productive day planned. After dropping Ruby off at nursery school I hopped on the bus to Camden. I took Kaneu's cello into the music shop for tuning. Also on the agenda were the cobbler and Whole*Foods. Then things took a BAD turn. Somewhere along the way to the cobblers I fell down. Admittedly I was looking at my phone (g**gle maps) while walking. It all happened suddenly but I think that maybe the pavement was uneven? The next thing I knew I was down on the round sprawled out. I may have yelled, too. And then there was crying. Thankfully some nice man walking by helped me gather my things (including my broken i*Phone). When I stood up I instantly fell down again. My ankle was throbbing and the opposite knee was exposed and scraped (I tore my favorite cords!). My elbow and neck were not feeling great either. Thankfully after about a minute of me thinking oh f%$#! WTF am i going to do? a taxi came by and I hobbled in and headed to the hospital. I was crying and incoherently talking and weeping. Oh I was a mess. My ankle looked as though a clemenine were attached to the side of it - it was that swollen instantly. The taxi driver was very sweet and offered for me to use his phone. I tried calling Brian but he was on the train and hadn't gotten to Notts yet ... Nottingham is 2 hours north. After going into the A&E (ER) I quickly realized I was going to be here all day and that would not do. There were at least 20 ppl waiting and only one intake person. I was still crying and hobbled over to the payphone. I was able to leave a very hysterical message on Brian's phone. Sadly I couldn't call anyone else because I don't have anyone's number memorized (except Brian's) - they are stored in the (broken) phone. Then I hobbled out of that hospital and into another taxi to another hospital (a private one). I called Brian again (thanks to the taxi driver) and was much calmer at that point. He told me he was on his way back to London. I had just seen a new GP at this private hospital last week (finally got some antibiotics for my upper resp infection) and was hoping to see the same (very sweet) doc and thankfully I did! On the way to get my x-ray Elaine showed up - Brian had called her and she left work to check on me!! Such a sweet friend. I was so happy to see her. The x-ray and CT scan showed torn ligaments and some minor bone breakages. I am now in a boot and on crutches. I will meet with a PT tomorrow and have a MRI on Monday. This has NEVER happened to me before. I've never been on crutches, had a broken bone or a sprained anything. So, expect to be hearing a lot more from me now that I am couch bound for the next week. You'll be sick of me for sure! Heck, I'll be sick of me!
