Yep, we all have them. It was my turn now. I didn't anticipate it being a Horrible day, maybe a bad one though...This entry is for journal entry purposes. It's long, boring and has no pictures. It's OK that you skip reading this one!
Austin had been complaining that his left side hurt for over a week. I kept an eye on him, but I could see no visible sign of injury and he never developed a high temperature. Twice I caught him grabbing his side and contorting his face like he was in pain. So on Monday (10-20-08) I made an appt with his pediatrician. After examining him, it was thought that it may be nothing more than constipation. So I was told to get some prune and apple juice to mix together and see if that helped him. But just to be thorough, they gave him a cup to pee in. He thought that was cool!
After leaving the hospital with my two boys in tow, I decided to stop at Macey's on the way home to pick up his juice. I had just made a left hand turn at a protected light on to State St. and pulled into the far right lane so I could turn into the Grocery Store's parking lot. I was slowing to make the turn, when I got struck from behind. Another car had followed me into that lane and she said she was aware that I was making the turn so she went to brake and her foot slipped off and she ran into me. I feel terrible for her too, for I know how it feels to cause an accident.
On impact I immediately got a headache and pain in my neck, and then in my upper back, then my lower back. As I was standing outside my car to exchange information, my 3 yr old, Austin unbuckled his seatbelt, took my keys from the ignition and gave them to Jack, my almost 2 yr old, and jumped out of the car and closed the door. Jack was still locked in his carseat, where he proceeded to push the lock button on my FOB for the next 10 min, until he got bored and threw the keys on the floor. He fell asleep by the time the police officers arrived and were able to get the car unlocked. In the meantime, I was trying to keep Austin from running in to State St. traffic.
I went to the Chiropractor to get x-rays of my neck and back and to get the boys examined. Luckily the boys are fine. They are running, jumping and acting like themselves! While at the office we received a call from the pediatrician letting us know that there was microscopic traces of blood in the urine. More good news, I'm sure. At that time, we still did not know what that meant really, but the doc said they were going to watch it over night to make sure something did or did not grow, which was good or bad...See...I dunno really.
So that was my bad day Monday.
Since this event we have been dealing with insurance, medical follow ups and a bit of pain. The lab for Austin's urine came out clean, so they had no reason for concern that it was an infection. Great. So you know what it's NOT. So tell me what it IS.
The insurance people so far have been very nice and easy to deal with. Now we have to figure out a time we can take the car in to get the car checked out. I know this isn't even close to being over.
And as for the pain I have. Who knows. At first, Dr. Free was concerned I might have a compression fracture in a vertebrae in my upper back. I do have a lot of pain there. However, when he took a second x-ray of it, he no longer was so concerned. I did not see the 2nd x-ray, so I'll ask him to see it next time. I'm relieved, but that doesn't make the pain go away! I'm not looking forward to the next few weeks of treatments. But I am glad it is not worse than originally anticipated.
"Rainy days and MONDAYS always get me down..." :o)
I'll keep posting how everything is going. Hopefully we'll get through this smoothly. Here's to hoping!
Are you looking for something fun to do this weekend? Come to Salt Lake for the Family Christmas Gift Show at the South Towne Exposition Center! Nov14 & 15 from 10-8. Santa will be there for the kids in the afternoon! It's going to be a lot of fun! Check out the web link for more info.
