thumb, rats, dishwasher, and root canal
ok, so first, the dishwasher stops working after the power outage/huge storm. It was just coincidental but still sucked badly after 3 days of not being able to do dishes anyways. So the repair man was called out and determined that the motor was out and would have to order a new one. So two & a half weeks later we had the new motor and the repair man returned. In taking apart/out the dishwasher the man found evidence of rats and apparently the rats had chewed through the motor wires hence our dishwasher problems. So the kind man overlooked the rat problems, fixed the dishwasher and warned us that if we didn't eradicate the rats that they would likely to eat through the appliance in the next 2-3 weeks guaranteed.
Moving on... we procured rat traps and more rat bait (we already tried a half assed attempt to poison the rats) and I went ahead and set them up in the attic where we've been hearing the rats... and where there was rat poo. Well the next day I decided I would set up our huge folding ladder and check and see if the rats had taken the bait and were dead on the traps. Well, after finding out that the rats did not take the bait on the traps I climbed down the ladder and was going to start finishing up the things I needed to do to take Carter to school. So the car was in the garage and at the last minute, in the minimal space that there was I decided I would close up the ladder anyways.
stupid move.
So since the ladder locks into the A frame position when opening I thought it would do the same on the way down.
Wrong.
It is probably 100 pounds with the sheer force of the momentum swinging down and it slammed on my right hand thumb.
Intense freakin pain.
More then childbirth.
Thought I'd puke and faint at the same time. I broke out in a cold sweat. I couldn't stop shaking. The pain was intense. The center of my nail was purple and robin's egg blue. It sucked. It hurt. It throbbed.
Dan said I should go to ER. I didn't want to pay co-pay so he made the first available doc appt for 340 (this all happened about 9). Doc immediately said I'd need x-rays. X-rays immediately showed two fractures.
Moving on... we procured rat traps and more rat bait (we already tried a half assed attempt to poison the rats) and I went ahead and set them up in the attic where we've been hearing the rats... and where there was rat poo. Well the next day I decided I would set up our huge folding ladder and check and see if the rats had taken the bait and were dead on the traps. Well, after finding out that the rats did not take the bait on the traps I climbed down the ladder and was going to start finishing up the things I needed to do to take Carter to school. So the car was in the garage and at the last minute, in the minimal space that there was I decided I would close up the ladder anyways.
stupid move.
So since the ladder locks into the A frame position when opening I thought it would do the same on the way down.
Wrong.
It is probably 100 pounds with the sheer force of the momentum swinging down and it slammed on my right hand thumb.
Intense freakin pain.
More then childbirth.
Thought I'd puke and faint at the same time. I broke out in a cold sweat. I couldn't stop shaking. The pain was intense. The center of my nail was purple and robin's egg blue. It sucked. It hurt. It throbbed.
Dan said I should go to ER. I didn't want to pay co-pay so he made the first available doc appt for 340 (this all happened about 9). Doc immediately said I'd need x-rays. X-rays immediately showed two fractures.
posted by Karen at 6:08 PM
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