Well, ow.

[captainsblog]

This afternoon went by surprisingly fast.

Painfully, but fast.

I woke up a couple of mornings ago to the sight of Eleanor putting an Ace bandage on her knee. A combination of chronic pain from standing up so much at work, and some aggravation of it during a workout, had put her into pretty constant pain.

Yesterday, she bought a more knee-specific brace and got through the workday more-or-less okay.

This morning, she was hobbled but seemed to be all right during church, but as I warmed up the car to take her to work this afternoon, I heard a painful yell from the steps leading from the kitchen into the garage. Something had aggravated it. Something bad.

The trip to Wegmans wound up as nothing more than a grocery run, and I got her home to a comfy sofa as quickly as I could. She used to have a stray pair of crutches from an earlier injury, but they were long returned to wherever they came from, and my wife was a hurtin' turkey for most of the afternoon. We called as many friends and neighbors as we could think of until a grandmother of one of Em's friends, bless her, not only volunteered a pair but shipped them over here via Sara's parents.

She seems fine when she's not moving, but the pain I feel watching her exceeds any I can ever manage to feel on my own account.

Tomorrow is a day off- for all three of us. This is a good thing.

Comments

[i-beckygardens.livejournal.com]

I hope her knee feels better soon. It sucks, it seems once the knee goes it keeps going on and off forever.

[lmdiago.livejournal.com]

I can empathize with the leg pain. I had a shot in the knee and will have to have surgery - a partial replacement. I HATE hobbling around my classroom with my little cane. Thankfully a combination laying low for a while and the shot have really helped. Getting old sucks!

[headbanger118.livejournal.com]

Yikes. I thinking a trip to the Dr. might be in order. You don't want to mess around with knees. I hope she feels better soon!