My embarrassing & horrible day....

Today started off great.  Kids slept in.  Ate a huge breakfast.  We got in a little work trying to learn what puzzles are for.  Then Jill came so I could have a kid-less errand day.  Ah, the joy of shopping kid-less!

On my way home, I stopped at Walmart to get some garlic bread & the last ingredent I was missing to make some lasagna.  As I walked out to the car I was thinking, run home, stick a lasanga in the oven, get out & go for a quick walk to enjoy this beautiful day, supper, baths, bed.  I threw the groceries in the back of the van & thought, this should be a great night.  Then I closed the sliding door... & thats when it all changed!

I stood there in pain for what seemed like 5 minutes, thinking to myself.... how do you open a car door?  Remember Katie.  Remember.  Handle...yes thats it.  I pulled the handle on the driver door.  Somehow I had managed to slam the pinky finger of my right hand in the sliding van door.  Slammed as in, the door was completely & totally shut & my finger was stuck inside the vehicle!  In the haze of remembering how to open a car door, I actually opened the wrong door, I opened the driver door not the sliding one.  But somehow that freed my hand.  Not sure where my finger was inside all of that?  Not sure the logistics of how it happened?  Not sure how I didn't pass out?  But it hurt.  Bad!  Seriously... did I really just shut my finger in the car door.  OMG!

I got in the van, sat there for a few minutes talking myself out of passing out.  Thought about calling Jill to tell her it would be a while, I was going to the ER.  But instead, I quickly drove home.  Holding one hand up in the air (because it hurt less that way) & trying to convince myself I could keep my lunch down.  I got home, no passing out, no puking, hugged my kids, all was well.  As I calmed down & started examining the damage.  It got worse again.  The pain got worse, there was a hanging flap of skin, swelling, brusing & then I realized my finger from the middle knuckle up was totally numb.  Thats not normal is it?  I took a handful of Ibuprofen, got some ice & called Jeff to hurry home.  When he got home, I took off for the nearest Urgent Care.

After a few x-rays & some under their breath giggles from the doctor & nurses that "yes I was really alone, in my own car & I shut my own finger in the sliding car door"..... I am about to find out what its like to have 3 one year olds & a broken finger!!

Right now its just taped to the other finger, but I stopped at Walmart (again) on my way home & bought a splint.  That will make me a little more functional I think.  I almost asked the woker at Walmart to come out & shut my car door for me!

The good thing is, its not really that painful.  Does it hurt, yes.  But its bearable.  And it is just a little break on the top knuckle.  I didn't snap my finger in half or anything.  I have to go back in about a week to repeat an x-ray.  He told me to just go see my primary care doc, well I don't have one other than an OB.  So I need to find one of those this week. 

Speaking of OB....I went today to see Dr. New Myer (who I saw before getting pregnant with triplets & going to see Dr. Barsoom.)  And had another moment in which I realized, I really need a vacation.  I put my arm up above my head for her to do the breast exam.... and realized.... in the midst of getting ready with 3 toddlers digging in the trash, pulling on my leg, trying to crawl in the bathtub, throwing around the bathroom scale & unrolling the entire roll of TP on the floor...... I forgot to put on deoderant!  I at least don't think I smelled that bad.... probably only I could smell it.  But seriously, embarrassing! 

Then on to the finger event.  What a shitty day!  I still can't believe I broke my finger. 

Hello 2011....so far you suck!
I need a vacaton.