Time stands still when you are sick, or injured. If you are not following me on social media, exactly eight days ago I was hit by a ski lift chair in Idaho on our first family vacation in three years. That’s me in my first new ski suit in ten years getting oxygen.
This shouldn’t have happened. But, it did.
First of all, my right arm was broken. I have a fracture proximal humerus, which means, the shaft sheared off from the ball which goes into the shoulder. You can imagine the force it took to do that. This was diagnosed in the E.R. If all goes well, it should knit back together. I’m wearing a sling. Furthermore, I learned from last Thursday’s excruciating MRI, my bicep tendon was dislocated, which may or may not require surgery to put back in place. I am an experienced skier and was a chair lift operator when I was young. This shouldn’t have happened. But, it did.
ALWAYS wear a helmet.
I wouldn’t be writing you now if I hadn’t been wearing a helmet. The force of the chair slammed my head down hard. ALWAYS wear a helmet, skiing, biking, or any sport where appropriate. Something can happen in a split second that is out of your control and you want to protect your head. This post will be short, because I am typing with my left hand, and I am in pain.
Time stands still.
The past eight days are a blur, a smudge, on my life. I am trying NOT to think about ramifications, starting seeds, creating videos, keeping busy. I have a subscriber, Patti Hayden, who volunteered to take vacation time to come from Las Vegas to plant my garden! That is amazingly generous, but I can’t think about that yet. If I had raised beds sitting empty it would be one thing, but my cramped garden is such a puzzle.
I managed to take this photo on Christmas in Hayden, Idaho, of my sister-in-law’s fenced in raised beds covered in snow.
It’s quiet in the house.
The neighborhood is sleeping off New Year’s Eve parties or on vacation. My husband got me my vitamins, oatmeal, and tea before he left for work. Yes, we work every day to keep it all going. Except now, for possibly the first time in my life, because this is my first bad injury, I can’t do anything. The less I move, the less it hurts. In addition, I’m fighting a chest cold. I have eight more days of doing nothing but getting through the days and nights till I go in for followup x-rays, and start the long rehab of physical therapy. Many of you may have had much worse things to bear, and I salute you.
I need your support now more than ever.
Please watch my Holiday Message video, which I designed to cover the whole holiday season. You will see no contingency plan for being hurt in my last video of 2017. I’m just taking this hour by hour. Please go through my playlists (there are several new ones) and watch and re-watch. And follow my Community page for real-time updates and to interact with me directly. Share my channel with friends. There are over 300 videos to enjoy and hopefully be inspired by. Happy New Year! – Kaye
HOW YOU CAN HELP support Late Bloomer channel and website:
1) Make a direct PayPal donation! Keep Late Bloomer blooming!
2) Become a Patron! https://www.patreon.com/latebloomershow
3) Order a Growing Heirloom Tomatoes DVD from any page on this website.
4) Order the Late Bloomer Bracelet Collection and LB will receive a $5 donation.
5) Order Botanical Interests seeds through my affiliate link! I receive a small commission for promoting products I’ve used and believe in. Click the button to go to their website.
Thanks for your support! – Kaye
