I know I have been missing in action. The family took off for a week up to my husband's uncle's ranch on the California/Oregon border. It was a wonderful trip full of great memories. The boys were in boy heaven - jumping on the trampoline, playing with cap guns, chasing geese, feeding chickens and horses and playing with the dogs. It was truly great. HOWEVER....
On Saturday night, everything changed. What started out as a quick little horseback ride turned into one of my worst nightmares ever. As I watched my husband and son (on Daddy's lap on the saddle) coming back on the old paved road when suddenly the horse decided to go completely out of control and come home in a full run. My husband did everything possible to gain control of the horse while holding on to my son. However, when the saddle started to slip - all he could do was hold on to my son and protect him as best as possible. The next thing I knew they were falling hard onto the pavement and I was screaming.
Despite my FM and hip pain, I took off running as fast as I could. After making sure my husband was ok, I scooped up my son and carried him well over 300 feet back to the house (I paid for it later). By some miracle, it doesn't seem that there are any broken bones, and nobody hit their head - Thank GOD! However, both of them are pretty banged up - with my husband having horrible road rash aver about 1/3 of his back. He isn't moving too well, and on strong pain meds. I've quickly gone from the one needing and receiving the help and care to the one giving it all. I am in pain still - however I am dealing with it the best I can so that I can take care of them.
I have been blessed with wonderful friends who brought dinner last night, brought over some grocery basics and even came to help me clean my house - knowing that it has only received minimal attention the last few months as I have struggled with the pregnancy and FM. I am truly grateful. It has been rather humbling, but I am so grateful to have such wonderful people in my life. There is still a lot to do - and I am getting it done - slowly. But life has been made just that much easier by these little gestures.
I will get back to blogging when things calm down a little and I can get my family back to normal. Hopefully within the next week or so.
