Misty and Me: September 2013

It's been awhile since my last post. August was a tough month! The first Sunday of the month I woke up with GREAT pain in my right shoulder and arm. The only position I could keep it in was to put in on my head. My mom took me to instacare and the doctor gave me some medicine so I went back home and by Tuesday I was so sick form the medicine and it wasn't helping my arm. So Tuesday I went to another doctor and she put me in physical therapy for an hour. That helped for a couple of hours and then I was in pain again. Wednesday morning about 4:30am I called my mom and she took me to the ER. They gave me a morphine shot and he thought it might be my shunt tube so he ordered a MRI. I HATE close spaces so I HATE MRI's!!!!!! But I got through it. The MRI didn't show anything and Friday I finally got in to my doctor and he gave me 3 cordizone shots and within a few minutes I could move my arm again! The lesson I learned was next time I have a horrible pain call my regular doctor FIRST!!!
That whole week I didn't go to work and the only places I went was doctor offices and the ER. So poor Misty had to stay home that whole week but she was AWESOME!!! She knew I didn't feel well and so she never left my side. The week I returned to work I fell on my front porch and jammed my index finger on my right hand. I thought I broke it but turns out I just tore the muscle away from the bone. If it's not healed in another month I have to go to a hand specialist. I am SO tired of doctors! I am doing much better now. I have been going to physical therapy twice a week. My arm is feeling much better and my finger is only a little swollen.
Both Misty and I were happy when we were able to go places again even though it was mostly work and physical therapy. Yesterday we went to Brigham City to be in the Peach Days parade. The CCI service dogs and training dogs were invited to be with the float with the people we visit once a month at the Link Center. It was a BLAST!!! It was about 2 miles and mostly downhill so I mostly coasted all the way. Misty loved seeing some of her doggie friends. After the parade we went to the car show and walked around to see some of the booths. Misty was exhausted by the time we got home she didn't move for 3 hours.