Chapter 252 - Bundle of Bruises
The blood tests our doctor ordered she had last Monday morning. Several evenings later he scared the life out of her by ringing to tell her the results. The only bad result was her level of Vitamin D. She has been taking a Vitamin D with calcium pill but he says the amount of Vitamin D in it is insufficient. So he asked her to begin taking one only each day OsteVit-D which contains 1000IU and also Caltrate 600mg.
While in my dungeon on Friday afternoon I heard a crash. I found her in a bewildered heap on top of a kitchen chair laying on the floor. She was unable to get up by herself. I am unsure whether the noise I heard was due to the chair falling or her hitting her head on the pantry door which resulted in a large reddish welt and associated bump on the left corner of her head; the skin was not broken. Although she had a slight headache she did not want to take a Panadol. She said later there was a little blood when she blew her nose. Perhaps I should have taken her to the hospital. And now both buttocks carry very large bruises. Our kitchen chairs are spindle backed; one spindle popped out of its socket and I am unable to bend it to re-fit it into position.
A phone call initiated the fall. I tend to leave answering the phone to her; she has many more than I do and that is why we have 6 extensions on our copper line, one at every place in the house that one of us spends 90% of our time. However she has been preparing patchwork blocks at the kitchen table which is not within grasping range of a phone. Five of the extensions are cordless, sitting in their charging cradles all day & night. I decided this morning that we each must carry one of the extensions in our pockets rather than scrambling madly to answer phone calls, most of which are not of such importance that messages left on the answering system are not good enough. Many might say that we should rely on our mobile phones, instead of leaving them switched off, but at least I find the damned things that little bit too intrusive, especially when the trend is for callers to lazily ring mobile numbers before land lines since such gadgets tend to be answered no matter where & when the called person may be.
I am attempting to have her walk more, either on the treadmill or with her walker. Yesterday we circumnavigated our village, first time in forever.
While in my dungeon on Friday afternoon I heard a crash. I found her in a bewildered heap on top of a kitchen chair laying on the floor. She was unable to get up by herself. I am unsure whether the noise I heard was due to the chair falling or her hitting her head on the pantry door which resulted in a large reddish welt and associated bump on the left corner of her head; the skin was not broken. Although she had a slight headache she did not want to take a Panadol. She said later there was a little blood when she blew her nose. Perhaps I should have taken her to the hospital. And now both buttocks carry very large bruises. Our kitchen chairs are spindle backed; one spindle popped out of its socket and I am unable to bend it to re-fit it into position.
A phone call initiated the fall. I tend to leave answering the phone to her; she has many more than I do and that is why we have 6 extensions on our copper line, one at every place in the house that one of us spends 90% of our time. However she has been preparing patchwork blocks at the kitchen table which is not within grasping range of a phone. Five of the extensions are cordless, sitting in their charging cradles all day & night. I decided this morning that we each must carry one of the extensions in our pockets rather than scrambling madly to answer phone calls, most of which are not of such importance that messages left on the answering system are not good enough. Many might say that we should rely on our mobile phones, instead of leaving them switched off, but at least I find the damned things that little bit too intrusive, especially when the trend is for callers to lazily ring mobile numbers before land lines since such gadgets tend to be answered no matter where & when the called person may be.
I am attempting to have her walk more, either on the treadmill or with her walker. Yesterday we circumnavigated our village, first time in forever.
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