5 minutes and in ER

Halmfamily wrote:
Great start to our 7 days at Windcrwek SP. Stepped off of dual wheel while unhooking fiver and left ankle decided it wanted to break when I stepped on the edge of the pad. Not even at the campsite 5 minutes, this is going to be a long 7 days.

Hope all enjoy your vacations and have some fun for me.

Change your forum ID to "Joe Btfsplk"....
(Google him & you will understand)

Get a HF folding aluminum step stool for your next trip, and in the interim - "HIT" (Hang In There!) It could have been worse, Joe!

:)

I have done some investigation and decided a stepstool would benefit my hitching up issues more than a step mounted in front of the rear fender well. I'm heading to Harbor Freight . I hope you heal soon.

One winter we were returning home to the frozen north from Christmas break. The next day I was to return to my teaching job and the kids to school, hubby to work, etc. I was unloading the motorhome and had a laundry basket full of stuff. Stepped down onto the step from the rig. Ice and snow on the ground and my foot slipped off the step. As I went down my ankle turned and I heard crunching and stupidly I shifted my weight to the other foot. That ankle turned as well and I heard it crunching as I went down. All I could do was cry and yell. DH finally got me in the house. My ankles swelled up and I could only crawl on my knees.

I actually waited a day and went to the doctor who xrayed everything. Not one broken bone, but all the connective tissue, etc., was torn. Doc said a break would have been easier on me. Took forever to heal as I hobbled around on two badly swollen ankles. Still have swelling occasionally.

Dale

So sorry to hear that, but thank goodness it wasn't the other ankle.

wannavolunteerFT wrote:
.. she said she could sit around doing nothing at state park as easily as she could at home.

Exactly! Might as well do it in a pretty place.

OP, if you are near a town you can probably rent one of those 3 wheel electric scooters. My mom did when she broke her ankle, and it was surprisingly cheap. You can drive it on hard packed dirt or gravel, boardwalks, etc. If they want too much for rent, check craigslist. A lot of sellers will deliver :).

My mom was doing last minute load of stuff into their RV just before leaving to meet me. Several hours after I expected them, I got a call from my dad. She had stumbled down house steps and with her arms full of stuff to go in MH, ran into the side at full speed. Didn't break anything she had, but smashed her finger between the stuff and side of RV. split her finger open and turned her wedding ring into an oval. took the ER over an hour to cut her wide wedding band off. They still came camping.. she said she could sit around doing nothing at state park as easily as she could at home.

Oh man sorry to hear about that! Our last trip two weeks ago ended in an ER. It was the last day of a week at the coast,foggy and damp, we were sitting out enjoying the last of our fire wood, fog mist turned into rain drizzle. I told the wife, lets let the rain put the fire out and we will go in and turn the heat on and watch a movie!
As she goes in I put the chairs away, a few seconds late I hear her call my name, I run over to the trailer to see her sprawled out on the ground, asked her what happened, she said she slipped on the steps.
Get her inside to see her left elbow bleeding thru the sweatshirt. Big laceration! I grabbed a paper towel and hold it on there, I tell her to hold pressure on it,,,,She asks why,, I tell her that there's nothing in my first aid bag thats gonna fix that!
A 911 call and a 45 minute ambulance ride for her. Broken Ulna (large bone in fore arm) and ten stitches!
This was at 11:30 at night, she gets released at 4 A.M., and we get back just in time to break camp and head home!
Ugh! First camping accident,,I hope the last!
Hope you heal well and get back out soon!

What happened to the OP is exactly why I had full length from the front wheel to the back wheel extruded aluminum running boards with a black rubber non-slip insert the whole length installed on our crew cab truck when new. Had to special order them due to their length. Step on them just ahead of the rear wheel and I can reach about anything in the bed or climb in the bed from there if I want to. 13 years later, they still look new and have been used so much! A real blessing for 5th wheel hooking up or unhooking. Also really helps my disabled wife to get in and out of the truck as she'd have a tough time if they were the tubular type.

That is a bummer...but, think of this way..you could be in the hospital for 7 days.

While on a trip, cocker spaniel had to have emergency vet care for congestive heart failure, hubby fell in vet lobby, broke his nose in 3 places, was taken by ambulance to a hospital in nearest town, dog under vets care for what was going to be a week, hubby in hospital for 3 days. Fortunately I was able to keep fur baby with me and do daily vet visits, then unhook motorhome, go to hospital and do visits there. Got them both released eventually, loaded up and headed back to FL.

Hope you are able to drive or your wife can get you home at the end of a week.
Sorry for your situation, not fun. Speedy healing.

Sorry hope it gets better from here and speedy recovery.