For those of you who believe in prayer, I have a request.  This morning while walking out the door on our way to church my wife did a full forward flip/nose dive down  the stairs from the front deck (about 12 steps ).  She somehow was able to avoid hurting our 6 year old grandson who was in front of her but she did not fare as well.  After a trip to the emergency room we found that her right leg/ankle was broken in 3 places and the ankle/foot was completely dislocated.  She will need to wait a week for the swelling to subside before going in for surgury to screw everything back together.  After that there will 2 months before she can begin to put her foot down, so we are looking at about 4-5 months before she is walking  again.  
If you would, please pray for a speedy recovery and for relief from pain.  Right now she is existing on morphine and is still in a lot of pain...a little goofy sometimes but she still hurts a lot.
Thank you

Lancer:

darn!  Sorry to hear of your wife's accident. Glad she is going to be ok.
My first thought was perhaps a head injury, until i read on.  I realize the leg/ankle is serious enough, but thank god that was the extent of it.  Glad the little fellow wasn't hurt also. Must have frightened him though.
I will say one for her (if he still listens to me). Wish her a speedy recovery, and be patient with her through the physio therapy.  Gonna be a rough ride, but you have each other. That's the key.

cheers

Michael

When the AA talks about taking the 12 step program they do not mean head over heels.

Best wishes for a full recovery.  And kudos on taking a worse fall to avoid hurting a child.

Sorry to hear about your wife's mishap lancer ... hope she has a speedy recovery ...

While I'm somewhere along the lines of Michael and Sluggo, I'll certainly give it a shot.  Best  wishes on a speedy and I hope it's less painful than it could be.

I'll say a prayer for your wife, and one for you too my brother. You have a lot of responsibilities now. Monitor her morphine use, don't let that become a bigger disability.

bentwheel wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:08:



yes sir same as above.
wish I was near id give you a hand. I know you will probably not be heading this way to visit your family anytime soon but if you guys do we will fix ya dinner or something.

Thank you very much for the prayers and good thoughts.  This will be a very difficult time for several months for my wife, and will consume a great deal of my time from now on so my internet play time will be extremely limited.