Sunday, June 14, 2009

Strength

ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO MY MOTHER FELL IN OUR KITCHEN..... BYE THREE SECONDS HER FOOT WAS THE SIZE OF A BASKET BALL. SHE NEW SOMTHING WAS WRONG SO SHE WENT TO THE HOSPITAL. IT WAS SO SWELLED SHE HAD TO GO BACK AFTER THE SWELLING WENT DOWN... THEY THEN FIGURED OUT IT WAS A LEIS FRANK FRACTURE. LOOK IT UP. SHE BROKE HER MID FOOT IN FIVE PLACES AND BAICICLY SHATTERED HER FOOT. SHE GOT ONE SURGERY WITH SCREWS, PINS NEEDLES AND WIRE. SHE THEN GOT ANOTHER TO TAKE THE HARDWHERE OUT. AFTER THAT SHE LIVED FOR ABOUT A YEAR GETTING SPECIAL STEROID SHOTS ( GOOD STEROIDS) AND WAS IN AGONIZING PAIN FOR ABOUT 4-5 MONTHS. WHEN I WENT AWAY TO CAMP THAT YEAR IT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST THING TO GO THROUGH FOR ME BECAUSE I AM VERY CLOSE WITH MY MOTHER AND KNOWING I COULDNT HELP HER WHILE I WAS AWAY WAS REALLY SAD. I DO HAVE TWO BROTHERS AND A DAD, BUT THEY DONT HELP MUCH.... BUT ANYWAY SHE JUST GOT A SURGERY ABOUT A MONTH BACK AND HAD TO CERAMIC BALLS PUT IN HER FOOT AND SHE STILL FEELS PAIN. ITS PROBABLY THE WORST THING IN HER LIFE AND SHE SAID IT WAS WORSE THAN HER 3 CHILD BIRTHS PUT TOGETHER. THIS IS WHAT STRENGTH IS ALL ABOUT...

1 comment:

  1. oh my goodness!!! i knew she did that but i didnt no how bad it was..... GO MARCIE!!!! haha well i feel bad now!
    xoxokatie

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