Fun Friday…Incident

It seems like my family has had quite a few health issues in the past few weeks. The hubby went through his kidney stone dilemma, and of course with back to school comes a butt-load of…germs (ugh).

We’ve had a few ‘sniffles’ going around the house, but last week the daughter caught a more significant head cold. Her sinuses were a mess, and she felt and sounded terrible! After some priceless mommy and daughter snuggle time, it wasn’t long until I was doing my own impression of a telephone operator, and my head was throbbing!

Sunday morning when I woke up, I couldn’t lift my stuffy head off the pillow. I kept trying to make myself get out of bed, but it was impossible because it felt like my head was made of cement (no comments, please). I ended up sleeping in much later than usual, and then drug myself (and my pillow) down the stairs to the couch. This is where I settled in and planned to spend a restful and incident free afternoon…

Does this really sound like something that would happen in our home? If you guessed NO…then you’d be correct! Once the hubby and son got home from church, I realized I needed to accomplish something, so I started some laundry and cooked some delicious Thai noodles. At this point the pressure in my head was becoming increasingly intense, and my pillow looked extremely lonely where I’d left it on the couch.

On my way over to settle back into my cozy spot (only a few short steps away), my son asked if I’d log him onto the internet. I irritatedly enthusiastically stopped walking toward my happy place, and went over to type in the secret password (I do have some power). I thought I’d be sneaky, so while the boy was reaching around the corner to plug in the laptop, I came up behind him and began typing in the code…WARNING: DO NOT sneak up behind people…it is a BAD idea!

Next thing I knew, he stood up and his ginormous (#seriously) elbow came straight for my face! It all took less than a second…I was bent over the keyboard…then, WHACK…I was on the floor with a ringing in my ears and little stars dancing around my head! I’m not sure of the exact details, but I remember hearing/feeling a CRACK (OUCH)…being face down on the carpet…my son yelling for his dad..and the daughter rubbing my back. As reality began to set in…I wondered if I was bleeding all over the place. I could taste blood, but didn’t feel anything on my face.

When the hubby saw me on the ground, he quickly requested some answers. Both kids anxiously filled him in, and soon he realized that my dainty perfect little nose (oh, please) had been smashed by a stray gihugant (should be a word) elbow! (This was totally my Marcia Brady moment-see video below) As I hesitantly attempted to sit up, I became aware that my head and face were pounding profusely! I asked for some Kleenex and confirmed that my nose was indeed bleeding. Once it started to slow down, it was followed by chunks/clots of blood (sorry…TMI). Soon, I had a bag of frozen peas over my face and was swimming in a sea of red tissues. (Did I mention this was supposed to be a restful, incident free day?)
After putting a large quantity of Ibuprofen in my system, I finally got back to my comfy spot on the couch. The hubby then felt it was his duty to inform the Twitter that I’d been injured. It didn’t take long before we started seeing some sweet (and fun) responses. I’ll share just a few of them with you…thanks for making me laugh! (it hurt to laugh…BTW)

Before closing I’d like to give you some extremely important advice…don’t ever get hit in the face when you already have a sinus thing going on…it totally sucks!

DaleChumbley I think our son just broke @BridgetChumbley’s nose (accidentally of course) #poorlyplacedelbowtonose #dontsneakupbehind

MikeCanDoIt @DaleChumbley @bridgetchumbley blog post idea. “One word at a time…pain” or the last word could be “kids”

ahockley @Schnik I’ve heard that if you need someone whacked in the nose, the @DaleChumbley @BridgetChumbley family can take care of it.

redclaydiaries @BridgetChumbley Ohhhh! I’m so sorry! Well, at least you already had a headache. I’d hate to get knocked out when I feel totally great.

sarahmsalter @BridgetChumbley Cute. You just got a free nose job. Next time, ask for anesthesia.

billycoffey @BridgetChumbley I did, Bridget. And sheesh, I leave for two days and you get beaten up by your son?!

katdish @BridgetChumbley Ouch! Sorry about the “incident”.

br8kthru @BridgetChumbley your elbow & tear ducts are connected? I can see where that might be a problem…

BridgetChumbley RT @Schnik: @BridgetChumbley ….You can hardly notice a thing… // Now I’m gonna cry & it’s gonna hurt worse! LOL

sarahmsalter @BridgetChumbley Did the dr give you any advice? Ice? Ibuprofen? Valium? Hard liquor? A hammer over the head?

weightwhat @BridgetChumbley – How’s the nose? Should we call you “Marsha” now?

Of course on that final note from Wendy…I had to post the video:

**Thankfully, I’m healing well. The swelling is minimal now…and it appears the nose is straight (as it was to start with). Thanks for the well wishes, prayers and jokes at my expense!

Tagged as: Brady Bunch, Elbow, Incident, Injury, Laugh, Marcia, Nose, Sinus