Update the II - The Ant

[angela_n_hunt]

Barrie is off to see the orthopedist today. Now's when we pray that she did not suffer any permanent damage.

Tomorrow and Thursday are going to be a wee bit challenging. Denison without an LJ has a prior commitment, so she won't be able to hang with Barrie in the afternoon. Mornings are covered by the wonderful MiL, but there's a gap of a few hours in the afternoon. If anyone is around or can hang out with Barrie from noon till around 5 or so, please, let me know.

One the one hand, she seems to be recovering well, but her pain seems to be not abating and that concerns the hell out of me. Please keep the prayers/energy/good vibes coming. This is not looking to be an easy or quick recovery.

In the meantime, bills are still coming in/en route. Print sale and art show deals are still in full force and effect and will stay so through the end of October.

All the details are here in the previous post:

http://quennessa.livejournal.com/249681.html

One last thing. Every day. Every single damn day. Every day, one of you, yes YOU, does something to leave me so grateful and so thankful, that I just start crying when I think about it.

You guys are made of total awesome.

Comments

[fighter-chick.livejournal.com]

Pain abatement can take time, and with both her ankles sprained she's probably having a tough time staying off them altogether. The more time she can spend with both ankles elevated and iced (or heated if she's to that point) and *completely still*, the better for the pain.

[angela-n-hunt.livejournal.com]

She's actually been off of them almost entirely except for getting up to do the necessary. That's part of the reason I'm trying to make sure there are people to hang out with her.

She has been slacking on the ice though. I will mention that. I also picked up some Arnica Montana finally today, so I'm going to start dosing her with that when I get home tonight.

[fighter-chick.livejournal.com]

Is she using a topical arnica preparation? Topical arnica is da bomb for bruising (I used it when I was doing SCA combat). I've also used fresh comfrey compresses for sprains to good effect. Just be sure to use old towels to wrap the compress and expect B's feet to turn greenish. ;-)

[angela-n-hunt.livejournal.com]

Yes to both! We love us the comfrey compress. My minor to my Bachelors was Herbalism, so that one happened pretty quickly. Amusingly enough, from our across the street neighbor, Hilda, who as far as I can tell from her limited English, is a hereditary witch of some variety...