I had a CAT scan yesterday of my head and they found nothing. I could have saved them the time and money! Grandma Oddball could have told them that much. She’s been saying for years that my head is empty except for perhaps a few holes from my multiple sclerosis (MS). I guess all the important bits have leaked out.

It’s very painful to write this post as I fell the day before hurting my “good” hand and wrist. I’ve fallen before but the consequences this time are more severe. I have MS and I’m partially parallelized on my left side. The MS affects my whole body but I still have some use of my right arm and leg which I use extensively. A damaged right hand and wrist is definitely a bad combination for someone in my condition. In fact it’s very hard typing this post with only one finger attached to a damaged hand.

Honestly this summer has not unfolded as I envisioned or hoped. I’d hoped that I’d be able to get outside more often, visit my grandchildren and do some sight seeing but my medical problems have precluded that hope. Instead I’m providing my blog with medical updates instead of stories and answers to children’s questions (which I’d rather do because I’m trying not to dwell on my medical problems). Surprisingly you all seem interested in my medical problems so here is what happened:

Actually I’m not sure what happened. I think I must have blacked out somewhat but I can’t be sure. I don’t clearly remember what happened. I seem to remember bits and pieces as if in a dream and like a dream that memory is fading fast. In fact if I didn’t have the evidence of a painful wrist and the abrasions on my shoulder and arm I might have concluded that the whole episode was a dream.

Anyway as near as I can determine this is what happened. My nurse had just left and I wanted to get out of bed and wash up. I got out of bed, grabbed my walker and that’s essentially all I remember until I managed to find myself in my lifting chair. I have a shadowy recollection of lying on the floor with my walker just out of my reach. How I managed to get off the floor, retrieve my walker and get to my chair I haven’t the faintest idea.

Except for my injured hand and wrist I seemed okay so I ate lunch, rested and waited for grandma Oddball to get home from work. That was not a wise decision as I got roundly chastised by grandma. Anyway the next day she insisted (to put it kindly) that I contact our consulting nurse who when she learned that I had apparently blacked out instructed us to immediately go to urgent care and get checked out.

Struggling with my injuries I managed to get into our van and we proceeded to the urgent care facility where grandma Oddball loaded me into a wheelchair so I could be checked out. X-rays determined that my wrist was sprained not broken. Various other tests confirmed that my heart was okay and other organs were okay. Plus I had to answer questions like:

In the end they sent me to a hospital where I got the CAT scan and they found nothing amiss. I was diagnosed with a mild concussion and a sprained wrist. What caused the problem is still unknown. It could have been my MS or perhaps it was the result of the blood thinners I just started taking for my blood clot or perhaps something else. Who knows?

I’m home now and the sprain is getting better hour by hour. Maybe by tomorrow I’ll be able to resume my physical therapy. That’s my current situation. I guess I’d better quit now. Not only am I getting tired but grandma Oddball is chiding me. She says I’m getting grumpy! I must have lost some of my sense of humor in the fall. I need to try and find it or it’s going to be a long long day.

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