Healing?

I guess things are healing. It's a painful process though. The skin is very tight, so every movement stretches it. The bruises are beginning to fade in places as well, though unfortunately not the butt! I went to gym and walked on the track today, but I only made it 400 meters. Ugh.






























The Buchanan Library staff sent me some lovely flowers.















I found more of the clothing I was wearing when I fell. Those are my capris on the left.

Doggy Daycare

Given the difficulties we're having at the moment, Molly has been going to Paws on the Run Daycare this week. She still isn't playing much, but is apparently is milling about happily with the pack. She follows the dogs around wagging at them. Sometimes she sits down and watches the staff. The best thing is, the first time we took her in she screamed & shook so hard her tags were jingling, but now she happily walks right in and doesn't worry about what John is doing.

There are 2 yorkies at the daycare who are a little nervous about the big dogs. They put Molly in with them to convince them it was OK. She just sat there with them. I guess they liked Molly, and felt more comfortable.

RR, Day 5

Since all I've been posting is pictures of my injuries, I thought I would put one up of me so you can see I'm actually in one piece. I've also attached one of the hematoma on my left leg, so you can see the bruising that's starting to show. Strangely, the bruises itch.

Thanks for all the emails.

Road Rash, Day 3

I had to go to the doctor again today. I just couldn't manage the pain. I have some drugs now, so hopefully that will help. I can't put much (any) pressure on my left leg at all, so I am using a cane to get around. By get around I mean to the washroom, because that's about as far as I can go. I have to try having a Jacuzzi bath tonight, because I need to debride the wounds. I am not looking forward to that, as it's bound to be excruciating. If you hear someone screaming, it's just me.

The doctor felt that my wounds were some of the worst he's seen, and he's a long time cyclist. He also works as a doctor at triathlons. He was very impressed by the damage I caused myself. He also felt that riding a recumbent may have saved my life. Had I been on a road bike I might not have survived. Thank God I ride a 'bent.

That's about it for now. Here are some more pictures of the progress of the injuries. Apparently as they heal they will become tremendously itchy. Something for me to look forward to!

Road Rash

had my first serious cycling accident today. I was on my way to work, going about 65km/hr down Whoop Up when my front tire exploded. I lost control in about a second, and slid about 100ft down the hill. I spent about 4 hours in Emergency. Fortunately I didn't break anything, I just lost skin. Having the abrasions scrubbed wasn't much fun though, and I have to admit I cried. I hadn't until then.

Some really great people stopped to help me after I fell. Thank you to them.

Here are some pics of the damage. I'll add more as things change. The bruising should be worse tomorrow. I feel like hell right now though. I can barely move, and it feels like all the nerve endings in my body are on fire. It'll only be worse tomorrow.

SNOW!!

I was just saying to John the other day that I needed something interesting to happen so I could update the blog. Lo and behold, it snowed today. It's only Sept 19! It started this morning about 7am, and continued for most of the day. It didn't last of course, but for a while there some areas were looking quite white. I took the pictures when I got home from work about 2pm today.

It's supposed to be 21 degrees on Friday though, so hopefully this is just a fluke, and we'll get more warm weather before winter really hits.

Snake on a Plain

We thought we'd take the pup for a walk in the coulees this afternoon, as we had "ignored" her for 2 days while we were preparing for a party we had on Sat. We were only about 50 steps from the car when the dog stopped to poke around at something. That something started rattling, and we quickly realised she had found a rattlesnake! Fortunately she is somewhat obedient, and when John & I started yelling she came away. I went back to take some pictures of it, but I wasn't that keen on getting too close, so I don't know how clear the snake will be. I don't what the striking range is for a rattlesnake, but I didn't want to find out! It was a bit hard to tell as it was coiled up, but it seemed to be about 6 feet long, and 3-4 inches in diameter.

PS: John gets credit for the title of this entry!

A Drive

After our breathing returned to normal after the snake incident (see posting above), we continued on a drive of some roads we'd like to ride.

They are building a house on the coulee at the end of street, and it looks really nice. Great location too, except for those rattlesnakes!

The sky was really dark off the northeast when we were out, and it looked really threatening. Someone was getting some rain!

Poodle Pictures

Here are some pictures of the poodle. We were on a walk today, and it was really windy.

Old house/New house

Back in November I posted pictures of the old house on Elm Rd having been torn down. When we were back in Toronto in July I took some pictures of what they built in its place. Bit of a difference, eh??

Odds & Ends 2

We stopped in a little place in Saskatchewan, and were encouraged to go into the town to see the swinging bridge. Both John & I thought swing bridge, not swinging. Anyway, we tried to walk across it, but the dog couldn't get her sea legs. She was flipping and flopping all over the place as the bridge did its swinging. It was pretty funny to us, but not so much to her. We gave up.




We kept seeing all this white stuff in Sask, which looked like snow, but clearly wasn't. I could look up what it is, but I haven't yet. Potash maybe? If anyone knows, let me know.

Odds & Ends 1

John took a lot of pictures while I was driving, so here are a few of those.

Regina

The last night on the road was spent in Regina. It also seemed like a nice place. The area just outside it really reminded me of the Kent County area - really flat farmland. Once we got further along though, the landscape became quite rolling, and was really pretty.

As you can see, Molly really enjoyed the king sized bed!