Nina's retirement party was on a Tuesday afternoon. And two ( yes, TWO) days later.... she fell and broke her shoulder. Hence the title- Only teenagers go from the party to the hospital!
On Thursday night, I was on the phone with Dad discussing Aunt Susan and the results she got from the oncologist that day when my phone beeped. I flipped over to hear Kathy on the other end telling me that Nina had fallen and they think she broke her shoulder and she is on her way to the ER in Weatherford. My heart sank. I didn't stop to take time to wonder how she knew this information before me... I just hung up and started trying to figure out a plan. Josh was gone to visit Billy in Ohio for the week, which left just ME. I called my inlaws and made arrangements to drop the girls off there, scooped Macie out of bed, left a half eaten pizza on the counter (I hadn't had time to eat yet), and ran out the door.
As soon as I got to the road, I started making phone calls and discovered that Jackie, Kathy's mom, had been at Nina's house when it happened. They were visiting, and when Nina walked her out, they saw a snake. Jackie kept an eye on it and Nina went in to get a hoe from the garage to kill it. When she got to the middle of her living room, she got dizzy and just fell flat on her face. (thanks to the vertigo that she has had for a long time). And when she didn't come back out, Jackie started calling her and finally when to look for her and found her in the floor. She called Dorman, Nina's brother, who came and finally called 911. Jackie then called Kathy, who called me. Holy Moly Batman!
I managed to be the first one to get to the hospital and got back to Nina as quickly as I could. And she was in bad shape. She had a collar around her neck because they didn't know exactly what she hurt, and they were just starting to assess her. Her eye was cut and she was already turning a nice shade of purple, and was in quite a bit of pain. But of course the first thing she asked was "where are the girls"! ha! That's a grandmother for ya!
Uncle Dorman finally got there, and when I went out to the waiting room, Kathy, Lisa, D'Lisa and Mrs. Jackie were all out there. And my Daddy was on his way- which calmed me a lot! This girl needs one of two people in times like this.... Josh or my Daddy.
I went back to the room with Nina, we got her robe off of her (and they cut her "good" bra off of her at my request after they tried to take it off and she screamed, which she still reminds me of to this day....apparently she didn't want to buy a new one! haha!) They got her some good pain meds FINALLY, and sent her off for x-rays.
I texted Sara to let her know what was going on because we had plans to attend the Advocat's lunch the next day and I wanted her to know that those plans might need to be canceled. And the next thing I knew (after telling her that I was fine and she didn't need to come up there), Kathy texted me that Sara was in the waiting room. Talk about a good friend! I told her I wasn't there alone and was ok, but being the person she is, she showed up to MAKE SURE I was ok and just to be there for me. I was totally blown away and felt a sense of calm knowing she was there.
And while I was sitting there talking to Sara and Kathy and Jackie, my Daddy came walking in. And I fell apart. A girl needs her Daddy from time to time, and this was one of those times. My support system that night was amazing. With Kim out of the country, and Kyson in Lubbock, and Josh out of town for 7 days.... I was just ME. And whether I wanted to admit it or not, I needed some support. Support that Dad, Kathy, Jackie, and Sara gave me. I couldn't have done it without them.
They finally came in and told me that Nina needed to stay overnight and would have surgery that night. HOLY COW. So I went out to tell everyone the plan and finally admitted to them that I hadn't eaten dinner (as it was now approaching 11 pm). So Sara left to go get me some food.
And about 15 minutes later, they came back in and changed it to no surgery and they would just pop her shoulder back into place and send her home that night! Talk about a different story!! It all happened so fast that my head was swimming. (insert my need for the above mentioned support system!)
They offered to let me be in the room when they "just popped it back into place" but I quickly and politely declined! They gave her meds that made her not care or aware of what they were doing, so it wasn't like I was leaving her there alone. I slipped out to the waiting room while they did their thing. They then came out and got me and said I could dress her and take her home. My head was still spinning on how this was all going to work. But I went back and dressed her with the help of D'Lisa and got everything signed and our instructions (which weren't much other than to call the orthopedic dr the next day). I told Nina that we would go to my house, and she INSISTED on going to Dorman's. She would hear nothing of coming to my house that night. She's stubborn if nothing else, that's for sure! So I finally said ok and we made arrangements for D'Lisa to go get her meds and I would take her to Dorman's and Lisa would take care of her.
I went out to get the car, and Sara was walking back in with my VERY large Dr. Pepper (much needed!!), breakfast jack, as well as a coat, snacks and a tooth brush! See I told you she was amazing! She had left to go get food when they were going to admit Nina, so she wasn't aware of the new developments. But I was still VERY thankful for the food and drink no matter what. I told her that depending on how Nina was the next day that I still wanted to go to the luncheon we had been planning to attend for over a month. She agreed and said to just let her know the next morning how things were and my plans.
I loaded Nina up, said goodbye to my amazing support system, and took her to Dorman's. After I got her settled in, I went to her house for clothes and other things she might need for the night. I got everything delivered, got her settled with Lisa, and finally made it home around 2am. I had been trying to call and text Kim since 1 am since they are 7 hours ahead of us, and she finally called me back about the time I got home. I got her all filled in and settled into bed about 3. Talk about a long night!!
I didn't take a picture of Nina on Thursday night, other than the one of our hands in the ER, but I sent this one to Kim on Friday night at my house. She was pretty banged up!! Check out the nice purple arm!
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