Dibs's blog: "About Me"

Lix & I had a big day at Magic Springs Amusement Park & Crystal Falls Water Park in Hot Springs, AR planned, ending with their concert series featuring Gretchen Wilson. We even planned to stop at IHOP in the Benton area for breakfast on the way home.

We were concerned with a chance of rain in the forecast.. yeah, right...

Arrived early.. before 11 a.m. and got a pretty good parking place not the LAST row where we had to park the last time we were there. The line to enter the park wasn't too long either!

We got a locker to stow our stuff in and decided not to change into of our swimming suits yet.. to go ride the rides while we had the required attire.

We found a ride we had not ridden on our other trips, Twist & Shout! a roller-coaster. There was a line with not a long wait, and we enjoyed the thrill ride.

Coming off the ride, we walked toward the park's "street" side by side, chatting about what we liked and comparing the ride to others. When I stepped off the platform, I didn't see the 'divet' in the pavement where it met the grass.. a spot not 3" by 1" and 1/2 inch deep... such a little area to wreak havoc with massive impact!

My heel of my left foot, Lix says, must have hit the spot because it twisted my ankle when I stepped onto the uneven pavement there.

As I was falling, my right ankle not the bottom of my shoe hit pavement, and I hear little crunches...

I must have put my right hand down to catch myself, just like I did when I broke my right wrist in 2005.

Now I am home, without any more riding rides & no water rides ridden today .. sadly missing the Gretchen Wilson concert.. I'M HERE FOR THE PARTY will be played without this REDNECK WOMAN there for the party ..

I sat at the entrance to the ride for about 30 minutes, waiting on  a stretcher, and went to the ER in Hot Springs. X-rays showed a sprained left ankle and right wrist, but that right ankle has 3 broken bones and will require surgery.

Since I had eaten and the orthopedic doctor wasn't there, they told me the surgery would be Sunday, the day Lix goes back to work, 150 miles from the hospital where they wanted to admit me. I figured we could come home and  go to our local hospital for  surgery tomorrow, and Lix would not miss work.

The local orthopedic doctor told the Hot Springs doctor I could just come in Monday, his next working day.. but that made a big problem .. I couldn't sit in the truck until Monday! 

As expected, the local hospital couldn't admit me for two days of pain management before the orthopedist would be available, so we hi-jacked a load of guys from a friend's party to literally carry me up the 5 steps into our home and deposit me onto my recliner, with the promise of returning Monday to reverse the process.

My friend Debbie in Louisiana chose to have surgery on both her wrists at one time, but I don't think anyone would choose to have both ankles out of commission simutaneously! 

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