Listening to the Voices in My Head

Sometimes, those solar charged lawn lights don't got the distance. Sometimes they shut off but not because the battery charged went flat.

We have two solar powered floods aimed at the front door. Typically, I walk up to them at night, use my small flashlight on the solar panels for about a second, and they come back on and stay one for a few hours.

I did this, as usual,but forgot I had moved a large, recently emptied planter. I turned around, and walked smack into it, bashing my left shin very hard. Lost balance, executed a pirouette a ballerina would have been proud to see, regained balance, and walked to the door to go in.

Only thing that ran through my head is "please, no bleeding" because as hard has I hit it, I didn't really feel it because of nerve damage. Got into the house, checked the shin, and Hooo doggie did I do a helluva hit, but no blood.

Alan saw it and said "Holy shit." , went to the freezer and got a bag of frozen pea, wrapped in a towel, then got foot stool, and I applied the improvised icepack. Kept bruising to minimum.

Left hip is a bit sore this morning, though, so probably gave it a helluva wrench last night.

Wing visited the GP today. After an exam, an MRI was scheduled. Doc suspects rotator cuff damage.

We are hoping that it's not so bad he will be needing surgery, but my biggest worry is Wing's stubbornness when it comes to giving ample time for healing. The elbow he tore the ligament on a few years ago is bothering him now because he didn't give it the full 6 weeks before going back to aikido training. So, even if this doesn't need surgery, he will probably do the same thing and end up with chronic pain because of not allowing it to fully heal.

At 5 am this morning Loki decided to leap onto the bed, claws fully extended... and miss. His solution, dig claws into what ever was handy (or in this case footy? pad pun)

I now have 4 deep yet narrow gouges in the bottom of my foot. I don't mean scratches, I mean gouges. Two on the big toe, two just below it on the ball of the foot, and a shallow scratch. Yup, all 5 claws accounted for.

I don't think he quite used up another of his 9 lives.... but I was considering it.

( Loki's fractured distal femur growth plate )

( Loki in recovery )

( Repaired/Pinned Fracture )

The first two pics courtesy of Loki's vet, Doctor Michael Miller.

Now I know a lot of people scam money on the net, but I am not asking for donations. I am just offering Cards, laminated prints, etc and all proceeds will go to his vet bill. (my heart felt thanks to who got "Is this how they get fluffy? and "Alert".)

And South Street Vet Clinic said Loki will be their next featured "Case of the Month". They also don't mind answering emails concerning him.