I was working in my little lanai office Friday afternoon just moving ahead as I prepare tax letters for our donors. It was a beautiful day. Ron was out on the patio painting something. The front wood door was open and the glass storm door was letting sunshine into the kitchen. Someone knocked on the front door and I stood up to go to the door. I realized my right foot was asleep and I stood there a minute, shook my foot and the lady at the door knocked louder. I hollowed and told her "just a minute." I started slowly walking and my foot twisted. I did not fall but hobbled to the closest chair and told the lady to "come in." It was a neighbor upstairs that I had not met before. She only stayed a minute and Ron walked in from the patio door. I told him I needed some ice as I had sprained my foot. Saturday and Sunday I used the internet RICE suggestion (Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation). We had a compression sock we wore on international flights and it was perfect. Monday, it was better but I went by the clinic and they X-rayed it. This morning they called and said there was a small fracture so I needed to wear a boot. I went and got the boot and it feels like I am walking and balancing on stilts. I will use it some but I also taped my foot where the small bone on the side is apparently the spot that got the most action. My foot is still swollen some and it has turned dark from my toes to my heel but the soreness is about gone.
Ron has been my nursemaid....nursing and keeping house, fixing my meals, keeping the kitchen neat and asking me what I need.
We went to St. Pete to his Parkinson's doctor yesterday and traffic was horrible both directions. He will take another cognitive test the last of May but the doctor said he seems to be stable without much change since the last visit. She wants him to continue to do all the physical exercises he can as this is the best help for Parkinson's and mental stability. It is too cold to swim now but he is going to L.A. Fitness for exercises and he can increase the days he goes there.
The clinic made me an appointment to see an orthopedic doctor in St. Pete but I cancelled it and said it is too far and the traffic is horrible going there. We will see our P.A. on Friday for an update on my foot and find out what she recommends about Ron seeing a urologist about the cyst on one kidney.
Ron and I are reminded of friends in Alabama who have gone to their heavenly rewards now. When Ron used to call them, they would say they were well off enough to make their doctor appointments. I am not a good patient...I think the healthcare system is OverKill on appointments and people are not in any better health than they were many years ago when we had nothing but a family doctor and only went to see him in a real emergency.
Last Thursday night, before my foot-twisting, I heard water running and went to the bathroom and found it flooding with water pouring from the ceiling vent. My neighbor and I went upstairs to the man above us and he went to check his bathroom and found it flooding too. He said water was coming through the wall so he didn't have an overflowing toilet, as I suspected. I reported the problem to management and soon the water stopped. I thought they had turned the water off but we still had water. Friday morning, the management people came and said a plumber was coming soon. In a few hours, we learned that they had corrected the leak but it was the drainage pipe and it would be replaced from lst floor to 3rd floor. They brought in a big fan and dehumidifier and cut a hole in our ceiling to dry it out. The fan and dehumidifier ran all weekend. I learned today that they will come back next Monday and tear out a wall or two to replace the drain pipe. We have a beautiful bath with wainscoting which they will not put back. They will only replace the opening with drywall and we have to repaint it ourselves. I don't know how many days it will be in a mess next week.
Our three-story condo building is strong but upon inspection they found the metal and concrete stairwell on each end of the building must be replaced and they are supposed to start that very noisy work soon (it was actually suppose to have started last week). Each condo owner had a monthly increase of $226 for a year to pay for the stairwell replacements.
Now you know why I want to go backwards (or maybe forwards) about six months...before our last reported health problems (Ronald, Ron and me) as well as our building problems. We are not starting the new year off right but things could be a lot worse and we are still blessed. Just listen to one day's news and then count your blessings as I do every day
I hope all of my blogspot followers have started off on the right path and have a wonderful year, day by day throughout the entire year. God bless you all!
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