You've got to be kidding me!!

So last week on monday the 21st of February, I was taking my dog to get neutered.... and slipped on the ice getting out of my van. I landed on my left elbow and it hurt a little but I didn't think much of it since I was trying to get Rosco checked in for his surgery. While driving home I decided to feel my elbow since it was starting to feel funny. I felt a big lump. It kinda scared me a bit. When I got home I had to talk myself into taking my sweatshirt I was wearing over my t-shirt off to get a look at it. It was not pretty. It looked like someone had shoved a golf ball under my skin. I called my mom at work to see the best thing to do. She said ice, ibuprofen and a sling. My sister was so nice and came up to my house to bring me a sling and clean out and bandage me up. Here is a couple pictures I took that morning off my cell phone (so I could send it to my mom to look at). Be warned...it's gross!

Now this is what it looked like 2 nights ago. Not pretty at all, but the swelling had gone down quite a bit. But.... it hurt worse every day and not better. I only wore the sling the first day since I couldn't get anything done with it on. Probably not one of my best ideas.

So my mom kindly suggested I really needed to go have it looked at. So once again my amazing sister came and watched my kids yesterday so I could go to the Doctor. He was not impressed with me for waiting 8 days to come in. He did some x-rays and range of motion tests. Diagnosis? I cracked my elbow. Awesome. I have an infection in the skin where the scrape was (very common I guess), but coupled with a crack in the bone can lead to some serious stuff if the bone gets infected. Double Awesome.

So... I am on strong antibiotics, pain killers and ibuprofen for swelling and the dreaded sling for 3 weeks. I have to go back on friday to make sure the infection is getting better. Triple Awesome.

Being one handed is not boding well for having 4 kids, 2 of which are very dependent still. It's been interesting to say the least. I just hope it heals fast now that I am on the right track.

I just didn't have any excitement going on right now. LOL.