It's been ... a day.

[sraun]

So, last night was thunder storms. Precious doesn't deal well with those - she climbs. And jumps off the bed, and wants back up, and has to be picked up, and climbs (she tries to get all the way to the top of the headboard), and has to be taken down and petted and reassured, and then she jumps down again, and the whole cycle repeats. Well, about 3AM I'm picking her up, and I feel a wrench in my lower back.

This is not good.

30-60 minutes later, I ask iraunink to go get me some hydrocodone - my doctor wrote me a prescription to keep a small number on hand, just in case. With that, I got some sleep. The alarm went off at 5AM for me to go to work - I got up, used the furniture and walls to get something approximating vertical, and then ended up on the floor on my hands and knees about half-way to the bathroom - on the 1-10 scale, I'd call it about a 7, maybe an 8. Not good. I called in to work and told them I wasn't going to make it in. Got back in bed, got ibuprofen and slept for a while. Another hydrocodone about 9AM, more ibuprofen about 10AM, I was finally able to stand and stay standing about 11 or 11:30. I've had another two hydrocodone (just had one), and ibuprofen with each. My back is now to the point where, with a cane, I can get vertical, and after about 30-60 seconds I can hold myself vertical and not need the cane. It still hurts down there.

I think it's time for dinner and bed, to see if I can make it to work in the morning - I'm expecting to be able to. But I'm going to take meds up with me when I go to bed.

Comments

[jbru.livejournal.com]

I know of dogs and thunderstorms. The puppies have been pleasantly good about them but our old dog, Brandy, was the exact opposite of your Precious. She'd would want to get under things and was big enough to topple them in her efforts. Her idea of a good thing to do in a thunderstorm would be to herd her humans to the basement were we could all curl up under the utility tub. (Pretty smart, really, when you think about it; just not very practical.)

Hope your back heals well. I encourage you to take it easy and not push yourself so that you do additional injury. Ericka has been dealing with some knee problems this week and so slow, steady healing is on my mind.