A Fun Day in the E.R.

On Tuesday, Aug. 12, I was having a "hitch in my get-a-long", meaning that my upper left leg was not functioning well. It was also kinda painful. But I decided that I just had to "walk it out".
I woke up Wed. with tons of things to do, still hurting-but managable, and did all and more of them. But, on Thursday, I couldn't even step on my left leg without excruciating pain. I called my doctor, but he wasn't working that day. His office suggested I go to an Instacare. (I think most doctors who work in instacare couldn't get a real doctor job, and thus don't trust their expertise.) Mike and Kevin gave me a blessing, so I knew that things would work out, but I wasn't sure what to do.

Mike was supposed to be leaving that afternoon on a well-planned out trip to the Zion Narrows, but he gave it up to take care of me. We were also expecting the arrival of a Japanese girl who will live with us for a month on Friday. I was panicing about how I would pick her up at the airport when I couldn't even get into the car. Mike to the rescue again.

Anyway, we finally decided on the ER and the new Intermountain Medical Center. We were there for 7 hours doing an xray, an MMRI, blood tests, heart monitor test, blood pressure, and no food or drink. They were ruling out spontaneous hip fracture. (It happens to women my age....) So the final diagnosis was Bursitis (inflamation of the sac around joints). I was sent home with 3 prescriptions (Percacet, Ibuprofin 600, and Prednisone pack--plus the recommendation of using ice packs on it.)

I woke up Friday about 1000% better, but still in pain. Today, Saturday, I am even better though not thoroughly done. Thank goodness for blessings, husbands, and doctors who know what they are doing.

One good thing about my unplanned illness is that I was able to get, read, and finish the second book New Moon in the series that I am reading while I sat in bed or on the couch recuperating.
Now I have to find me a copy of the third book.

As a side note, our Japanese girl came Friday. She was delivered to our house by the person who sets up the housing. Her name is Kimiko. We took her to dinner at golden Corral to see what she likes to eat. She eats very healthily--vegetables, fruit, no meat. Then we went to the grocery store to buy stuff she likes to eat. Today she and Mike took TRAX to the U of U to check out the campus so that she will be able to find her way around. And next we are taking her to Snowbird on the Tram. (She has jetlag and is napping right now.) She will be with us for a month while she studies English at the U of U in a special program with 6 other girls and their professor. Kimi speaks very good English. She is 21. We are looking forward to lots of fun with her.