Had a Fall

Ouchie!

We were about to leave for my doctor appointments, when I randomly missed a step and fell from the stairs. Yup. Unthinkable! Miggy said I was looking at him when it happened. Luckily, my newly made quilted hand bag cushioned my fall. I didn't hit my head and only my knee and lower leg hit the step.

It was painful and I was in shock. Sweetie, who was behind me, immediately went to me and gave Miggy instructions. He was in shock too. I thought I broke my leg since it was really painful. They calmed me down and I was able to stand with their help.

I managed to go downstairs with help and I immediately iced the painful area on my lower leg. The pain started to set in on the way to the hospital. My first appointment was with my cardiologist. He immediately sent me to an orthopedic doctor to make sure I didn't break anything. I was still quite jolly at the hospital and it helped we were able to borrow a wheelchair. 

The orthopedic doctor cleared me and said it was just a contusion. We spent more time discussing Sweetie's knee while we were with him, haha. I managed to complete my 2 other appointments. It was on the way home when my knee really started to hurt. I was only able to ice the bottom part of my leg and didn't realize that my knee was bruised too (I was wearing pants). 

The boys had a hard time moving me from the car. We spent the night in the basement since I couldn't walk. By evening I gave in and drank paracetamol. I was really antsy by then and the ice helped, but it wasn't enough to relieve the pain. I slept on the recliner chair to keep my leg up. Good thing Sweetie still has his crutches, it's helping me to get around better. The boys are watching me like a hawk for now. 

Mishaps happen and I thank God my injury is minimal. I am antsy over getting a clot, but my hematologist said I should be okay. I just need to make sure to move around a lot and ice hourly for 20 minutes for 48 hours, then switch to hot compress after. Actually, my angiogram site hurt a bit more than the bruised area, hehe. 

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Plants Almost Died

It was only a week after I got home when I was able to go around and check my plants. I only reminded Miggy to water the plants halfway through my confinement and he probably thought the rain reached them. Some plants died, others were in dire need of TLC.

Luckily, a drum full of rainwater was available and I used it to help revive the plants. They looked a lot better the next day after being thoroughly watered. I also plucked the multitude of caterpillars. They had eaten a lot of my calamansi plants. Argh!

The good news is my papaya plants produced more buds and they're forming into fruit now. It'll take a few more months before we can harvest. I hope the fruits will be sweet!

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The Magic Blue Hose Blew Up, Sweetie Saved the Day

I was going about my day as usual yesterday. I told Sweetie I'll plant the leeks, sow the bell pepper seeds I got the other day, water the plants and I'll eat a fruit popsicle as a reward. I was happily reminiscing on the past 12 years Sweetie and I have been married while I was watering in the backyard when the mishap happened. 

The water hose "blew up"! Water splattered all over my face and the front of my shirt. It took me awhile to realize that the hose broke off from the spray head. I stared at the spray head for awhile and then saw water starting to puddle on the ground. I sprang into action and turned the faucet off. I heard Miggy call me from his window. He asked if everything was alright. Told him I was dripping wet because the hose blew up. He said it probably gave way due to the water pressure. 

Of course, I just laughed at the matter. Even after 12 years the home mishaps still happen. Our newly delivered washing machine broke, which had our neighbor knocking on our door to check if everything was okay. Our first cooking attempt didn't turn out the way we wanted. Almost poisoned us trying to clean our sink. More mishaps happened after that, some are on our Mabuhay ang Bagong Kasal blog. I'm glad we were able to blog about some of those disasters because we can come back to it when we need a good laugh. 

Back to the hose, I was bent on finishing watering the plants so I called Sweetie for help. He patiently worked on getting the inner hose out and said he could probably use the washing machine adapter to fix it. Holding the inner hose firmly I went on watering the plants even though I was dripping wet. Soon enough Sweetie came back and magically fixed the hose! Ten thousand pogi points for Sweetie! Weeee! 

I then asked Sweetie to accompany me while I watered the plants outside. I was scared it might break again, haha. It didn't and the chore was finally finished. It's just funny it happened to me because Miggy and I usually take turns watering the plants. I'll have to warn the gardener who's going to help me do some cleaning not to open the faucet too much. And maybe I'll ask the contractor to adjust the water pressure hehe. 

And yes, I had a fruit popsicle after the incident, a mango popsicle from Pan de Manila. Yummm!

P.S. I'm re-thinking whether I should buy the water hose for my Mom. I was raving about it just the other day. Gaaaaah.

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