An Eventful Month August 26, 2007
Posted by Emily in : Daily Life, Family, My Former Dog Children, My Handsome Husband, Princess Hannah , trackbackOkay, I have not disappeared, or forgotten how to type. August has been an eventful month! Since I last posted, Daniel and Lydia came to visit, Lydia judged “Little Miss Saba”, (yes, I roped her into this one), the semester ended, my Saba friends, Michelle and Leah, left for good (to start clinical rotations in the USA) and I sprained my back. Yes SPRAINED my back. In my opinion, this this is possibly the worst thing that could happen to a person.
Lydia came to visit for a month. It was so great! She arrived on Tuesday July 24th and stayed until August 23rd. Two days after her arrival, I took her to the “Little Miss Saba Pageant”. I had been coaching the little girls (little meaning 8 to 10 year olds) and wanted her to attend the pageant with me. It was a lot of fun. Mostly crazy because this is the Caribbean and nothing EVER starts on time and nothing is EVER really that organized! The pageant was set to start at 8:00 PM (a little late in my opinion for little girls but whatever . . .) and it started at 9:30 PM! YIKES! To top it off, two out of the three judges backed out. This is where Lydia comes into the picture. Those of you who know Lydia, know that she is just about as familiar with pageants and fond of them as she is the Boy Scouts. It was extremely hilarious to volunteer her for this position! I had to reassure her that this would look good on her Curriculum Vitae . . . How many people can say they have judged a pageant in a foreign country? She took her job very seriously and did a great job!
Here is a picture of some of the pageant girls.
Four days after Lydia arrived, I sprained by back. I was at Wells Bay (the beach) and I bent down (incorrectly) to pick up Hannah to rescue her from the sand (which she hates) and I heard a “POP! POP!” I knew immediately that it wasn’t good. Needless to say, I was flat on my back in serious pain. Luckily, there are a few students that attend the Medical School who were Chiropractors in their previous life. David called one of them, and that day he started one of many adjustments on my back. Apparently, I sprained two small muscles that support you when you sit or stand. The damage was a 2+, which means it was was pretty serious. A level 3 damage to the muscle requires surgery. YIKES! I was in excruciating pain. I couldn’t do anything for myself . . . I wished I could sit up at the table like a normal person and eat my meals . . . I wished I could take care of Hannah, gosh even change her diaper! But most of all, I wished I could take myself to the bathroom! See, when you can’t place any weight on your back when you sit or stand, you require a bathroom buddy. Poor Dave, he was my designated bathroom buddy! Lucky for Lydia he was around! I would have had to call on her if he was unavailable! I decided that nothing was worse than being totally bedridden, completely dependant on someone else. I used to think morning sickness was the worst thing that could happen to a person, but now my perspective has changed. At least with morning sickness, you can take yourself to the bathroom to vomit! Lydia instantly became Hannah’s nanny, my caretaker, the maid, and chef, and the dog walker. I could not have wished for a better friend to take care of me!
This is a picture of Lydia (my caretaker/nanny/cook) and Hannah.
Here is a picture of me in all of my pain. This is a lawn chair from my patio. The elevation relieved some of the pain.
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Emily, I knew you hurt your back but I couldn’t have possibly imagined anything this bad. I’m glad you’re better now and I must agree with you that this has to be one of the worst things to happen to a person.