Well, Cole did go & guide a quail shoot today. His Dad went along & put out the birds and the dogs. They got through around 2:00. He held up pretty well, but did not take his sling??? After they put the dogs back up they came to the barn. He fell asleep for about 2 hours in the recliner. Holding up that big ole hand will wear you out! Plus the antibiotics! Glad he got to get out & feel productive! He will go again Sat. & Sun.
Kylie is a mess!!! This afternoon when Bart came to get her…she ran in my office sat beside the office chair, wrapped her arms around the middle post of the chair and began crying…I not want to go home, I stay with my Mema J….over and over again. Somebody save me, I can’t take it!!! I not want to leave my Mema J! Guess who is in my bed this very minute??? (his has been her home for 3 1/2 years.)Then she tries to make Bart stay here with her and play….I will be glad when she feels better again. She has not felt well for about 3 weeks now…..But Cole was much better today…we took him some supper. He has a quail guide tomorrow. His Dad is going with him, he is still on antibiotics & is tired faster than normal. Today he stayed up & going most of the day….it was 1 week ago today, he had his accident. WB will help him until he is sure he can hold out. Lots of walking, picking up birds, loading dogs, unloading dogs, and holes and stumps…he does not shoot on these…he just gets paid to guide his dogs. He has 3 more for the next 3 weekends. On those the man told him he would give him a helper & all he would have to do is direct his dogs. Once he gets his hard cast on I will feel OK about it. Keep praying for a speedy recovery and thanking God for protection.
Went over to Cole’s to help him work on his printer/fax machine. I had Kylie this am as most days….I suspect she is not feeling well! I mean she did throw her bunny at my head! Took Cole some ink I had….ran to town & got the color ink so the thing would work! Got it going, printed a few pictures for him…he is feeling a little better each day!!! Taking less pain meds everyday! Got a call from Casey…decide that Kylie need to see doc. Miss Kylie does not want just her Mom to take her…she wants Mema J. I meet them there. Wait at least 2 hours…if she not sick, she will be now. She doc…throat, not her ears….I knew she was sick! Then, she wants a treat…because I bribed her. She wants a push-up from a store in Hahira, where they live. We stopped the other day & got TCBY. They also had a phone booth outside & the phone was missing. The man that helped us was RUDE…I said…I won’t go back there….have I not learned not to say that??? She pitched one more fit and because she is sick….with sucker written on my forehead…I took her! Casey went to get her meds! Yep, we went right back up there…she only wanted it from that store, with the broken phone and the thing with all the ice cream in it. I told the other man how she only wanted it from THAT store…..he gave her a little toy! Guess who she spent the night with!!!
Well, 8:30 appt… here we are! Arrive and they tell us they have us down for 1:30…I don’t think so…I have my card. Fill out paper work and wait….with one impatient person I might add. If you have not taken a Bridges Man to the hospital or a doc. visit, then consider yourself blessed!!! They are just not good at waiting or sitting still! I believe this would be unanimous if I took a vote among the women in this family…and many others I am sure. We keep telling them to shh, hush, be quiet until we just give up & start laughing at them. THEY WILL SAY…JUST HOW LONG IS THIS GONNA TAKE, I been sitting here for an hour, I have stuff I need to go and do! Like the doc is on their schedule! We are really laughing because we know they call you back & you think you are going to be seen…not….they take you to another waiting room!!!Hee!
They x-ray his hand, we get to the room, they un-bandage it…& the non-stick stuff helped…yeah!!!
Clean it again…yuck. But it is healing. Doc checks out the x-ray, admiring his work!!! I see the pins and I can also see the other break in the thumb…clean down to the joint. Then he tells us that if that does not hold together he will have to go in & put in another screw….take a break….while I slap the doc…..Cole’s said…I don’t want that!!!! They were able to put the soft cast on and maybe next week take out the stitches & put on the hard cast. His hand is wrapped up more now than before!!! But at least it is more protected now! I believe I was confused…I think this is the day we took the computer & ate…oh well, after all this, why would I know what day it is anyway!!! Guess what time our next appt is….yep….8:30….does he not realize that I can not sleep at night???
We decided we would take Cole to eat breakfast Saturday & get him out of the house a little. Sarah joined us…she has been a trooper taking care of Cole!!! Cole really did not want to see & talk to anyone, but it was not real busy! Those pain meds just make you not very sociable…how does anyone get hooked on Lortab (sp)…they make us feel yucky! We ate, went to visit his dogs and he washed those pens out with just that one hand…would not let his Dad help him!!! Went to the barn & let him check out his deer he had mounted. He also checked out the gun that blew up on him. Still puzzled about what happened. Got someone checking out the gun, hopefully they can tell us what happened. We need to know to help others not have this trouble…we know to many hunters….and had this been a child or a lady…well, we would not have come out as well. Cole has a tough, big old hand! Besides that we know God was taking care of him!!!
Friday is was raining cats and frogs! We had to keep the hand dry!!! I pulled up close to his house…got the umbrella, got him in the car and we headed to the doc. Had to get the bandage off & wound cleaned! She took off the bandage, cleaned it out. It looked a lot better to me Friday than Thursday! Taking off the bandage without the pre-wrap…it was pretty painful…I am so glad he decided to let them change it!!! We went and took his computer to get fixed, then to get a sling to put his arm in----elevated---not as much pain!!!! Next we picked up some BBQ from Smokin Pig!!! Yum. Sarah met us at his house and we enjoyed our meal! I was soaking wet. It was rather funny, me with the umbrella helping him, let alone opening the doors for him! He is still faster than me with one hand!!! Oh yes….I stuffed my pants in my boots to keep them dry…..who cares!!! It is like a brown top..black shoes!!! A girls gotta do what a girls gotta do!!! Back to doc on Monday…of course he made an 8:30 appointment….me must go to bed Sunday…early!!!
We have our little beeper in the waiting room & I am getting concerned. Taking to long!!! Guess what…it did not go off, but never fear…we are right by the desk! We go to talk to the Dr. He got every thing cleaned out, took out the lead except for one that is to deep…shh..don’t tell Cole!!! If it bothers him…they will go & get it too! Put in the plate & three screws, still another break, but it is straight & he will leave it for now, he will cast him after the open wound has time to heal. The open would was quite large, could do a skin graft, but either way there will be a scar…one scar or two…that is the way it is. No major arteries were hit, no ligaments were hit…thank-you Lord!!!
We go back to waiting room until he gets to his room. Sarah and I go to the restroom….I walked right to the men's room….thank-you Sarah for saving me from going right on in there!!!
He gets back to his room, he is wide awake!
Winston had to call & tell a guy that Cole would not be able to guide the quail hunt Thursday. Cole not happy about that at all!!! Then the phone calls began to flood in…..thank-you Lord for family and friends!
Cayla told Cole that he had beat her on this one. He had to have surgery & spend the night in the hospital…he told her that he wasn’t trying to beat her! In case you don’t know….when she was around 15…a friend of our family….and he is kin folk….was out at our place, his strap ha d broken for his pistol and he had it in his shorts pocket…in the holster---it fell our of his pocket, she was standing behind & to the side of him, it went in one of her thighs-out the other side, into the other thigh and landed in her buttocks area. One day I will tell about this event!
They are taking years off of our lives!!! Now you know why I am crazy…have every right to be!!!
God is our rock!
The OR nurses came to get Cole for surgery, they were so nice and funny. Cole was cutting up with them also, telling them his name was Fred Wilson…feeling good!!! Sarah and I escorted him, I went back to sign papers and answer questions. Everyone wanted to check out his hand & ask what happened. Dr. Wright was his anesthesiologist and Dr Agerou(sp) was the surgeon. They were so nice! Doc told us that he would have to get out the few beads he had in his hand, pull the skin as much as he could to close up the open wound and he would put in a plate with three screws. He also would have to clean every thing really well and infection would be the biggest concern for a while. They rolled him away & I went to sit with Sarah and Cayla in the waiting room. Not fun! It took longer than what he expected, Winston had time to get back before the surgery was finished. Bart, Casey & Ryan joined us also. Kari Barry came & sat with us for a bit…I was supposed to get my hair colored today….not….and I did not wash it thinking she was going to do it so I would just wait…bad idea! I have on a brown sweater and my black ugg boots…..my hair looks terrible and I do not care!!! My purse has black & brown on it…but my hair????
