So I broke my ankle! Yes this past weekend we went camping with the whole family and took all the toys (Quads, dirt bikes) up for some riding. Things were great we were having an awesome time! We rode all day saturday and then swam at the camp site. Sunday we went back up to Miami Trails do to some more riding and thats where things took a turn for the worst! My sister and I were hanging out reading magazines and laying in the sun while the guys were out riding. Then when they got back we decided to take the quads for a "girl" run. We had fun and when we got back to camp Jimmy and I decided to go for a little ride while we were waiting for my mom, gram and the kids to come up for lunch. Well all was going good, we were on a trail when we we were climbing a small hill almost at the end of the trail I guess I lost it. I remember loosing control and holding the quad up with my left leg for a few seconds before I came crashing backwards down the hill. I remeber falling..the quad falling on me..whacking my head and thinking "thankgoodness for helmets"..rolling...my ankle snapping...and hurting. Poor Jimmy was running down the hill after me as he saw me fall! He was so great. He handled the situation much more calmly than I did. I remember crying and being able to talk and tell him that only my ankle was broke, I wasnt hurt anywhere else and that I had heard it snap. He told me he had to get me back on the quad and out of there and that we were going to have to go to the hospital. My ankle was swollen. I dont know how he got me on the quad or back to camp but he did. I guess I was crying because all i remember is sitting in the back of my moms car with my mom and Jimmy trying to find an ER to get me to. We finally made it to the Oakhurst ER and they were awesome. So very nice, got me in got me a tetnus shot and some pain meds. Their Xray machine was down so we thought we werent going to be able to get any xrays but lo and behold they had techs there at that time and they got it WORKING!! I had xrays done where they determined it was broken in 2 places (the bones on either side of my ankle were broken so there was no support. They gave me a CD of my xrays and splinted me up! We left there went back to camp where we ate yummy spaghetti and then my dad drove me home and Jimmy took shelby....we let lex spend the last night at camp with everyone. After we got to my parents house I got to take a shower which felt so good because I was filthy!! (its hard to take a shower with one leg that cant get wet and being in pain but Jimmy and I have a pretty good system down now :) So then Monday once everyone got back from camping my parents watched shelby and Lex while Jimmy and I headed to fresno community ER so we could get set up with a surgeon per Oakhurst instruction. Well 9 hours later we left very upset and with only a phone number to call and set up our own appt. Its been a little bit of a rat race and Ive had doc appts every day this past week but finally tues we are seeing the surgeon!! Then we should get my surgery date. Im very scared to have this surgery so please say a prayer about that! Ive never had any type of surgery (except to get my wisdom teeth out) But this is MUCH bigger. So thats where we are with everything! Hopefully ill be up and running/walking soon. Its really sucky to be down and out over the summer :(
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