Recovering -
Was at the cardiologist this afternoon for my quarterly checkup. They called me back to an exam room. Set my cane down and took a couple steps towards the nurse to hand her copies of some tests done by my family doctor. Didn’t notice the foot stool thing was pulled out at the base of the exam table. Tripped and fell right shoulder first hard against the wall.
Couldn’t move my right arm and they thought I had dislocated it so they called the rescue squad and I spent most of the evening in the ER.
Xray showed nothing broken or out of place its just swollen and bruised. I can’t raise my arm so I’m seeing an Orthopedist tomorrow. They said the xray also showed broken ribs so back to radiology for a CT Scan. Lucky thing, what they saw turned out to be healed breaks from an accident few years ago. Bruises and scrapes on both arms but so not near as bad as it could have been.
Trouble is I need my right arm for support with my cane. Back to the walker for a while