Trip to the ER

We had lots of rain on Thursday and I slipped and fell forward on some slippery tile outside. I felt fine until the next morning when I woke up and my wrist was very sore! I went to my doctor Friday afternoon and he suggested I wait until Saturday and see how it is then. Well, yesterday morning my wrist and fingers were swollen and still sore so Dad took me into the ER.

In the ER, they took several x-rays but it didn't show any problems. The doctor told us that wrist fractures may not show up on x-ray for weeks so it's difficult to diagnose. Because they aren't sure if it's fractured or even broken, they put my wrist in a splint and told me to keep it immobile until Thursday when I will see the orthopedic surgeon. He'll probably take more x-rays and decide what the next step will be. In the meantime, I can't knit, crochet, go cycling, or even type on the computer with both hands! I'm praying that it's just a sprain although several websites say that a scaphoid fracture is easily confused with a sprain. The recovery time for a fracture can be weeks and if they have to put a cast on it, it'll be much longer!

Obviously, I won't be able to make any progress on either the Hanover hat or the baby throw. :(  Hopefully, I'll be back into the swing of things sooner than expected. Please continue posting about your progress; I'd love to see pictures of how everyone else is doing! Here's a video Sara took of me working on a square for the baby throw several days before I fell:

In reply to several comments, I use an Olympus Camedia camera. It has a really great macro feature that allows me to take high quality photos of small objects. You can also take 15sec video clips but it doesn't record sound. The camera actually belongs to my Dad and he uses it for his architecture business but he kindly lets me use it to take pictures for my blog. Thanks Dad! :-)

Hope you all have a blessed week!