It all began on Sunday when I decided to go out and get a little exercise by strapping on my rollerblades and hitting the trail by my apartment. I decided to go left instead of right on the trail for a little variety in my workout routine. After skating about 1/4 mile or so, I came upon the first big decline in the pavement and I didn't notice the little extra dip at the bottom. I hit the ground hard and took one look at my arm and said, "Oh great." It just didn't look or feel right. Carefully, I took off my rollerblades and put on my flipflops and did the walk of shame back to my apartment. Yeah, that's right, I can't go any further on these, so I'm carrying them, because I'm cool like that.
My roommate called her mom, a former ER nurse when I got to the apartment. She suggested that we go get xrays done at the hospital, so we googled the nearest one (HCMC) and used GPS to find it. The nurse at the admissions desk took one look at me and told me it was broken, which was really encouraging, considering we hadn't even checked in yet. They took me to an exam area and proved that it hurt to move my arm and then gave me a double dose of oxycodone.
Side note: Apparently HCMC has the highest concentration of cute, young male doctors in the Cities, just so you know. Mine was no exception.
After I got my xrays, they determined that I had a closed fracture of my distal radius on the joint, which I asked my roomie to write down because at this point, the drugs were making the room a little fuzzy. Then the hot doctor and a pretty female doctor made me a plaster splint. When I complained that I felt a little woozy, the hot male doctor immediately brought me packets of both saltine and graham crackers. Such a good doctor! They sent me away with lots of vicodin and told me to get an appointment with an orthopedic specialist in 2 days to determine whether I need surgery or not. At 8:30, I finally went home, had dinner and called my family to tell them what happened. One vicodin later and I fell into a wonderful, drug-induced slumber.
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