[audio-pals] Re: Wow! Always Excitement...
- From: Thomas McMahan <shadowmonstrosity@xxxxxxx>
- To: audio-pals@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 17:14:52 -0500
Well I think the groundhogs got mad because the squirrels that talk to danny
won’t share cofee cake with them, so they got some roads and are becoming urban
groundhogs. You know how mean they are because one bit your cane today and
broke it, and that was probably just a friendly warning.
Good, I’m glad you accepted that place on that committee, so there is a silver
lining in this, but now you have to put up with pain and stiffness for a while
to get there though.
> On Mar 25, 2015, at 5:09 PM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> That is true, when it rains it pours. I may buy it that I stepped into a
> groundhog hole or something to that nature, but I was on the sidewalk *LOL*.
> If the groundhogs are burrowing through concrete now I do not think I want to
> come in contact with one *LOL*. I noticed when reading back through my
> original email that I did not specify that I was on the sidewalk, sorry about
> that. To beat it all that is what they consider the accessible sidewalk. So
> the department head was livid because she has been trying to get the building
> fixed. It is the oldest building on campus and probably the most neglected
> building on campus. My professor is livid as well because she says they need
> to fix the place and that it is probably good that I cannot see the mess the
> building is in. She said it is ashame. Amanda said she was trying to see
> which area I was talking about, but when she went to look the entire sidewalk
> was old-broken-cracked sidewalk. However, the assistant director in the
> disability office called to check on me this afternoon and while I was
> talking with her she asked me to serve on their search committee for hiring a
> new disability office testing center coordinator. I accepted the position.
> The committee ought to be fun and an enlightening experience that I can put
> on my resume somewhere. If Amanda still worked at the other place I would
> have had to decline the opportunity due to the fact Amanda would have been at
> work and I would have had to be home to let Little Man in.
>
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> When it rains it pours right?
>
> Sounds like a pretty big groundhog hole that you fell into.
>> On Mar 25, 2015, at 3:50 PM, Josh <lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:lawdog911@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>> As the subject line says there is always excitement in this household. I
>> went to school just like any other day this morning. No problems through my
>> first class. Then I get to my second class location and was heading inside
>> when bam out of nowhere I step in a hole or my cane went in a hole and I
>> fell to the ground. In the process of falling to the ground my cane broke in
>> half. I got up and thought well I am fine, so I go ahead and head inside. As
>> I stood around waiting on my next class the pain and throbbing of the joints
>> and muscles started to set in. I called Amanda to have her bring me my cane
>> because she is only interning on Tuesdays and Thursdays, only open position
>> for internship, so she was available to bring me my back up cane. While
>> waiting on Amanda to arrive, where I wait is right beside my Professor’s
>> office, my Professor came into her office and I told her I may be late to
>> class due to the fall and my cane breaking. She of course asked if I was ok
>> and at the time I was stoved up, but not in a pain that was unbearable. So,
>> she went on in her office and the pain continues to intensify so I ask her
>> if she has a chair. She gets me a chair. She says she is going to notify her
>> department head and the disability office regarding the incident. I tell her
>> ok, thankyou. So, Amanda arrives, I get my new cane and head downstairs to
>> class. By the time I am having trouble navigating the stairs due to the pain
>> shooting through my leg. However, I make it to the bottom and my class is
>> straight across from the stairs. My Professor arrives and comes up to me
>> telling me she received an email back from both the disability office as
>> well as her department head who both recommended that I go to the student
>> health center. I am glad that I did. However, before I gt ahead of myself. I
>> inquired as to whether the campus police can escort me over there so I can
>> avoid taking the steps again back up. She said they should be able to do
>> this. Well, I go to the office and wait. One of the ladies in the office
>> informs me after getting off the phone with the campus police that the
>> police cannot escort me over to the student health center due to liability.
>> So, I begin to ask her if she can help me get back to the doors by elevator
>> because the only way I have oriented is the steps on this level so I had no
>> clue. About this time the department head walks out of her office and
>> inquires about the campus police situation. She is overtly disgusted over
>> this situation and says she will be making some phone calls to question this
>> when she got back to her office . In the meantime though she offered to take
>> me over to the student health clinic and we arrived without problems. So, I
>> am seen and the doctor orders 3 different X-Rays. He wanted an X-Ray of my
>> writs, my knee, and my ankle and shin. This was a bit painful for sure and
>> the X-Ray tech kept apologizing. So, the outcome of the X-Rays shows no
>> recent breaks at this time the doctor says, but once he has the radiologist
>> look at it he will send me an email. He said I am definitely stoved up and
>> have some sprains i.e. the wrist and the ankle. He has put my ankle in a
>> boot and he would have liked to put me on crutches, but he said he has never
>> had to put someone who is visually impaired on crutches and wondered how
>> that was done. I have never been on crutches since going blind so I had no
>> idea. So we decided to forego the crutches and just went with the ace
>> bandage and boot to secure my ankle in place. He prescribed some muscle
>> relaxers that he said I probably only want to take at night because of the
>> fact it will make me sleepy. He also prescribed Aleve for the inflammation
>> and suggest to get the back to unlock that Amanda massage the blood back
>> into my back because he believes that it has just locked up. He said if I
>> continue to have any problems to come back and he will put my wrist in a
>> splint. Right now I am scheduled to go to their sports management office to
>> see if they recommend anything else here in a couple of weeks. He said that
>> if everything has returned to normal then I can cancel the appointment. So,
>> now Amanda is having to make her third trip to the campus today and this
>> time it is to take me home with her. This boot is really annoying, but had I
>> had to have crutches I would have probably just talked to my classes about
>> having online courses for the rest of the semester *LOL*. I hate the cane
>> snapped and was surprised that the disability office did not have one to
>> loan out for emergency use.
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