Mike Had an Accident

 Hi Everyone...I could use a few prayers about now.

Mike was bucked off a horse he was training today and after spending 5 hours at our local hospital with x-rays and such...they have air-lifted him to Ottawa...which is 4 hours from here. He felt fine other than a sore neck and shoulder and his right arm and thumb were all pins and needles but they had him all strapped up to a board so he couldn't move his neck about.

They saw bone fragments in the back of his neck and he's been sent to see a nuero-surgeon. I couldn't go with him, and keep calling the hospital and they are doing a catscan and will most likely do surgery in the morning. I will be leaving in the morning sometime with my mil and bil to see him...but it just really sucks that he's that far away and who knows how long he'll be there 

I would really appreciate it if you all could keep him in your prayers that they can remove these fragments before they do any damage....thanx so much ladies.

Update on Mike

 Just an update 

I can't tell you all how much your thoughts and well wishes mean to me...I've relayed them to Mike too and he sends thanx 

I'm afraid I'm going to get burnout 

Yesterday I was up at 5 and off to work, then stop at the grocery store and also to get a prescription on the way home, and his work to pick up a time sheet so he can get his last hours in for pay, the home quickly to check on him (Cody had been with him till he went to work at 1) and put some potatoes and carrots in the crock pot with the roast I had put on in the morning, put the groceries away and then back to town to pick up a son at school and take him to work, Mike's work again to drop off his work phone and his time sheet, then home again where his sister and nephew were waiting for me. She was just leaving but he had come to help with hay since both boys were working. So after we got a wagon load and dropped off the big round bales I made it into the house to eat at 7. I dished up supper for Mike and the little kids and then out the door again at 7:45 to do chores down the road. The little ones came to help with water and we made it back here at 8:30. I was pooped and somewhere along the way I pulled a hamstring or something, as now I can hardly walk!!!  I couldn't even sleep in bed last nite and after two hours of crying from the stress and now my freakin' leg and trying to find a comfy spot I ended up downstairs with Mike..him on the couch and me in the lazy boy chair!

I phoned in sick for today as I have sooooooooo much to do here as we are making room in the living room for a craftmatic bed that his mom is sending over (she didn't like it), plus I have to drive to the city to sign papers for our very last mortgage renewel (WOOT, WOOT we are done the mortgage on the farm down the road on the 30 of this month, and will be done the mortgage on this farm in 5 years....a bright spot in my week for sure!!!) I can only get up for about 20 minutes at a time before my leg aches so bad and this morning I barely made it thru dishes before I felt all hot and felt like I was going to throw up 

I feel so bad complaining because after all it's Mike laying there on the couch with a broken neck not me....and I know it's got to get better I just have to get over these first few hurdles.

Mike is Home

 we're home now and he's recouperating on the couch.

We went to Ottawa to pick him up last nite. Got back home around 1:30 a.m after we got lost following a Google map that led us to a dead end, lol!!!

He has an unstable fracture in the neck...it's pinching a nerve and that's why his right arm and thumb are all pins and needles. They didn't seem concerned about the fragments at all.

He had a choice between surgery and then wearing one of those crowns for awhile or wearing a neck brace for possibly the next three months. He chose the neck brace and we go back to Kingston in a month to see how things are going with it.

He's not feeling too bad, they gave him some Percocet....though I think I need some after being trapped in a van with my mil for 6 hours!!!

Getting Rid of Some Junk

 Well, lo and behold...the sun is shining here!!! Woohoo!!!

Hannah's little friend and her slept on the couch last nite and they
are just waking and wanting breakfast now.
Mike had a bin brought in and we are getting rid of some old aluminum and steel
that's laying around the farm (THANK GOODNESS!!!!!), lol
because the price is wayyyyy up right now, so that will keep us busy today.
I'm thinking we might just round up all the branches and stuff from the lawn
and do up a nice big burn barrel today too