Concussions
Posted by Pete | Posted in News | Posted on 03-11-2009
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Well, I found out the hard way about concussions….I spent Saturday in the ER because I fell off a two step ladder, backwards, using my head to break my fall…That hurts….My hands went numb immediately and I thought, uh oh, now I’ve had it….But it turned out pretty good considering…nothing broken….spent the next couple of days in bed, dizzy and upset stomach but I am pretty much back to normal now…But let me caution you about backless house shoes and ladders, my shoes caught causing me to trip…The nurse at the ER said she gave a lecture at the Meadowlark Senior Citizen Center and told them to always have backs in their house shoes further stating they are the major cause of falls for seniors..Well, you live and learn I guess..I am glad to be back…
Pete, remember when Raymond would climb up that old wooden ladder to fix his radio antenna? Mama would catch him and give the what far and tell him he was toooo old to be climbing. I guess you didn’t pay any attention to her.
No, Don, I don’t remember that but it is certainly good advise.
Thanks for the comment and I am pretty sure I have learned a good lesson. Pete
Hmm… I read blogs on a similar topic, but i never visited your blog. I added it to favorites and i’ll be your constant reader.
Thank you for visiting our site. Come back again soon. We apreciate your comment. Pete
Pappy,
Grand-daughter #2 here. Although I have begun Christmas shopping early, rest assured that due to the reading of your blog (as well as my worrying about my Grandparents) pretty much EVERYONE on my list will get an extra present– a pair of house shoes with backs in them.
On another note, I don’t know if ‘the boss lady’ passed on the phone message from me the other night. I think you and I may need to change our names to “Grace Hester” because based on recent events I don’t think either of us is very graceful. I would have given you my ‘medal’ for the ‘worst non-stunt person fall’– you didn’t need to fall off a step-ladder to get the award. In all honesty, I’m glad that all things considered you’re OK.
Many Hugs and MUCH Love,
GD#2
(for all the readers out there, I’m child #1 (of 3) from Pete’s Son #2)
My darling grand daughter number 2. Thank you so much for your kind comments. Houseshoes would be very nice and thank you for thinking of me and others in our family who may have inherited some of “our gracefulness”. The boss did pass that on to me with a chuckle and I would laugh if I didn’t still feel the results of that little tumble. I am getting better and I am very grateful that I am able to think and write and to say, Thank you Lord….Amen? Pappy
Pete,
You are lucky that you are still living so you can continue to learn from your mistakes. Many are not so lucky. Back in 1992, I leaned a ladder against our all glass solarium in El Dorado with the base on our concrete patio, and nonchalantly climbed up the ladder with the idea of cleaning the solarium glass. I envisoned myself as a highly paid high-rise window cleaner in New York. When I got about half way up the ladder, the base of the ladder began to slip. All I could do was to “go down with the ship”, and try to remain on top. I did remain on top, but I landed on my left ankle that turned, giving me a very bad sprang. The initial xray indicated no broken bones, but the final xray after about 10 weeks on crutches did indicate a tiny hairline fracture. I write this just to remind you that Pete has no monopoly on stupidity. Like Raymond, myself, and the other “Cousins” from Coal Fire, it came as standard equipment.
Somehow that Cousins from Coal Fire remark does not make me feel any better, but since acorns do not fall far from the tree, I suppose you are correct. I don’t think Big Mamma made any comments about ladders. According to Don, Aunt Annie, or someone did, but I do not remember getting that lecture. Thanks for sharing your experience. All of us should really be careful on ladders. Really, old folks and ladders are not a good mixture…..