It could have been worse, I could have landed on my head and lay there unconscious for hour till Leo found me. As it was I got up and struggled down the stairs and lay in bed till Leo came home and took me to the hospital.
I was lucky I didn't puncture my lung. The ribs were not dislocated either, which is good. I had no difficulty breathing, and I could stand, walk, and sit relatively painlessly. It was just the transitioning between those positions that was excruciating. Burping and coughing weren't much fun either. Fortunately I lost all my sense of humour so I don't have to worry about the effects of laughing.
The doctor in Emergency told us it would take 2 weeks for the bones to start knitting together and a total of 8 weeks before I'm healed.
I won't be able to play the trombone for the foreseeable future either, and I have two concerts coming up that I'll have to miss.
Anyway two weeks later I'm feeling a lot better. I've been getting out of the house and going for short walks for the last 3 days. I still can't lie flat in bed to sleep so I've been sleeping on the LaZboy in the livingroom.
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