OMG~WHAT HAVE I DONE???
Boy, when it rains it pours, doesn't it???? You all know by my postings and my profile that in the last year, Both Dan and I have lost our mothers, I broke my ribs, my son had a hernia operation, Dan almost died TWICE from a tick bite, I now have a hernia and here is the newest news on me.....I broke my back!!!!!!! I just got home from the hospital. I was in there for 4 days and 3 nights. Sorry for any misspellings but the percoset(sp) I am on is strong. In the last fews days I have been on morphine, demoral, percoset, and something else that begins with a D and is 5 times stronger than morphine.
Monday night, Dan, Josh (my son) and I went out to go to walmart. We were outside in my yard going to the car. My son was being goofy and playing around. (Keep in mind he is no little boy, 6'5" and 190lbs) So when I was chasing him he went down a little hill between our house and garage. It was pitch black there. We have a little runoff on that hill for the rain. Well it seeems I stepped into the runof ditch and lost my footing. I went down twisting my body. I landed on my lower back, not my ass like I should have. I think I hit the rock there. All I know is the pain shot up through my spine to my neck into mu head. Everything flashed like lightening then went fuzzy. I layed there screaming. Now if yoiu know me, I do not scream from pain. Well, never have before. I screamed this night. I was face down in the dirt and dark screaming. They (Dan and Josh) were asking me if I was ok. They said they wanted to call 911. I was crying and said no, not yet. Just get me to the truck. I figued that once I was up and oiut of there, the pain would start to subside/ They literally help me up by my belt loops and walked me to the truck. The pain was getting worse and I was still screaming. The ambulance came, called the hospital to get permission to give me morphine and gave it too me. On a scale from 1-10 my paiun was an 11. The morphine brought the pain down to an 8 for about 15 minutes then it shot back up. I was at the hsopital by then and they gave me demerol. That didn't help either. The percoset didn't help. The only thing that helped some was somethign that begins with a D and is 5 times more powerful that morphine. They took exrays and was goingto sent me home. The ER doc said nothing was broken. I knew something was wrong. When he came back in the room he saw me crying to Dan. He said that he would do another xray up higher. They did and found that I broke the t-12 vertabre. It is not unstable at the moment but it can still be which would mean paralysis. I was very, very lucky that didn't happen. I am now wearing a back brace for the next 6 weeks minimum, 24 hours a day.
Anyhow I am starting to hurt sitting here. I need to go back to bed. Just wanted to let you all know why I haven';t been around much.
love to you all
Joanne
) Rest and take it easy, if there's anything I understand it's back pain.
-Vanessa
-125lbs 
Good grief, Joanne. You've been through more this last year than most of us have in a lifetime. I'm so glad to know that you got immediate medical help and there appears to be no permanent damage. My BIL broke his back a couple of year ago and you'll be glad to know that today he's strong and fine. I'll be praying for the same thing for you.
I've been on vacation and hadn't heard more about Dan, but I'm assuming he's recovering and doing well. I'm so glad the boys are there to help you and Dan.
Keep us posted when you're able and we'll keeping praying!
Love,
Julie
Hey Girl.
Dan is much better but still has a long way to go. You can catch up on that in my profile. He has been wonderful taking care of me. He makes sure I get my meds on time throughout the day and night. He is cooking, cleaning and running errands. That man deserves a medal.
Thank you so much for the card you sent. He went to the post office yesterday and got the mail finally. What a beautiful card you sent. I love bears. He was so speechless to how many cards he got from people he didn't know. He said I had a bunch of really nice friends online. Lord knows, most of the people around me wouldn't have been so nice.
I don't know what is happening with us. Last year it was both of our mothers who passed away. This year it started with my wls, me breaking 2 ribs, my son's hernia operation, Dan almost dying twice, and me breaking my back. **** I am so afraid to get up in the mornings now. What's next?????????? The 8th of this month was my mom's birthday, she ould have been 68. And the 27th of this month is the one year anniversary of her passing. When do things get better?
I love ya all!
Joanne
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