{"id":26198,"date":"2024-04-27T14:40:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-27T18:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=26198"},"modified":"2024-04-27T14:50:59","modified_gmt":"2024-04-27T18:50:59","slug":"episode-1050-falling-aril-3-2024-fell-five-times-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/?p=26198","title":{"rendered":"EPISODE 1050 FALLING (A[RIL 3, 2024) FELL FIVE TIMES ONE WEEK"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EPISODE  1033    i\u2019M ON MY WAY..PART RWO  : FALLING<\/p>\n

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alan skeoch<\/div>\n
APRIL 24, 2024<\/div>\n

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FALLING (April 3k 2024)<\/div>\n

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Such a simple thing.   Falling into bed on an evening.<\/div>\n
Not simple for me.  I missed the bed and hit the floor  Do not know<\/div>\n
why my knees buckled.   One  knee was brand new.  The other knee<\/div>\n
was battle worn I must admit but had served me well for 85 years<\/div>\n
with no complaint.  <\/div>\n
suddenly m y legs quit\u2026.refused to work,<\/div>\n

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\u201cGet up Alan\u2026please get up.  Can\u2019t lift your 217 pounds.\u201d<\/div>\n
[217 became 201 in next 17 days)<\/div>\n
 \u201cCannot lift myself\u2026flat face to floor best I can do.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cCall 911 now!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201c Did\u2026they want to know more about situationl\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cTell them dire.  slide that plastic pillow under me\u2026I will slide to the basement stairs<\/div>\n
and let my legs hangover\u2026maybe get purchase on something \u2026.swimming<\/div>\n
cross the floor with hands\u2026.made it ..now to get legs on stairs\u2026.failed \u2026.slid down stairs<\/div>\n
to cellar and hauled myself back up stairs  step at a time.   Took ages.   Medics arrived<\/div>\n
and assessed situation then a burly man hoisted me <\/div>\n
erect.<\/div>\n
\u201cEmbarassing!\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cForget it\u2026.we do this every day<\/div>\n

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MY PLAN BEFORE 911 HELP ARRIVED<\/div>\n

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Stupid plan of mine… I figured I could get on my feet<\/div>\n
by sliding to cellar stairs.  Needless to say <\/div>\n
the plan did not work and I ENDED UP IN THE CELLAR.<\/div>\n

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Great!  Then I fell again and needed rescue.  An hour later with <\/div>\n
different rescuers\u2026..same good hands.<\/div>\n

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THEN CAME THE WORST FALL…COULD HAVE BEEN TERMINAL<\/div>\n

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  I fell into our small shower cubicle,  Both Legs telescoped.<\/div>\n
Impossible result as my flesh snd bones were contorted into<\/div>\n
the shower stall.  My operated leg folded worst\u2026.like a jackknife blade<\/div>\n
folds into the jackknife jacket.  I was trapped.  Dire situation. <\/div>\n
Majorie wedged the walker into the stall.  No help.  Stay calm<\/div>\n
until Andrew could drive here from his home.  <\/div>\n

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\u201cCan you help?\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t move.\u201d<\/div>\n
\u201cFat chance of that\u2026feel like a sardine in a fish can.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Andrew  scooped me out.  The stitches in my new knee did<\/div>\n
not pop out.   All seemed well.  Except for one question.<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhy did I ciollapse?  I was doing well in recovery.  Was able<\/div>\n
to walk to Mary Fix park and back without a difficulty  Then suddenly my<\/div>\n
strength was gone.   I was on the floor\u2026.helpless.  A sardine.<\/div>\n

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TRILLIUM HOSPITAL EMERGENCY<\/div>\n

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So we drove to Trillium \u2026 emergency   \u201cWe will have to keep him\u2026\u201d<\/div>\n

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Seems the hospital  was full but able to find a space in the the basemen hall<\/div>\n
\u2026in front of a row o lockers with my feet blocking entrance to some kind<\/div>\n
of storage room.  My toes ticked every person seeking entry;<\/div>\n

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I spent three days and nights on a gurney tightly wedged.,,in adult<\/div>\n
diapers\u2026on my back.  A notice told nurses to keep me immobile<\/div>\n
until a better place could be found.l<\/div>\n

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I was a lost soul.  No one ventured to speculate on what had gone wrong.<\/div>\n
People passed me in the narrow hall.  Seemed forgotten  Like the ancient mariner<\/div>\n
\u2018who stoperth one in three\u2019.  I asked passers by to phone my wife  Most ignored <\/div>\n
me then one person, Jane, phoned Marjorie and things began to change  .<\/div>\n

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Three days in a hospital locker wall\u2026in diapers for both #1 snd #2\u2026alone..weak\u2026<\/div>\n
mysteriously ill\u2026on a gurney.  Playing \u2018footsie\u2019 with staff seeking entrance ti\u2019a mystery room.  <\/div>\n

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END PART TWO<\/div>\n

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p.s.  two of my helpers in happier times on floor C3 of Trillium<\/div>\n
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EPISODE  1033    i\u2019M ON MY WAY..PART RWO  : FALLING alan skeoch APRIL 24, 2024 FALLING (April 3k 2024) Such a simple thing.   Falling into bed on an evening. Not simple for me.  I missed the bed and hit the floor  Do not know why my knees buckled.   One  knee was brand new. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26198\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alanskeoch.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}