Welcome to blog! I started it in 2020 to chart my recovery from breaking my ankle (hence the name). I guess no-one saw a global pandemic coming. It's turned into a place where I can talk about the things happening in my life, my horse and my cats. Enjoy!
As with all things in life, there are a few back stories to my injury. This is my Mum. She’s now 76 and last year was a bad one for her health-wise. In July she was admitted to hospital with pneumonia. For the next 5 months, she bounced between rehabilitation centres and hospitals suffering infection after infection. Finally she came home in December and had seem to be doing OK.
Sadly last Sunday, she was admitted back to hospital having suffered a stroke. She also had a chest infection. It’s a worrying time for my Dad and my family as we don’t know how much the stroke has affected her. I spoke to her yesterday and she was very confused and slurring her speech. It broke my heart to hear her like that.
The older I get, the more I realise that there are two defining moments in your life. The first when you realise your parents are fallible and the second when you realise your parents are mortal. I’m now realising that my parents won’t be around forever…
So 2020 was going to be my year. The year I got my life sorted after being served redundancy notice from my job in November 2019. The year I ticked off more things from my horsey bucket list. The year I got my mental health back under control and reduced stress in my life.
I had a plan. And it was a good one. Then the plan changed dramatically on 2 January. I came off my horse at speed and broke my ankle. Badly. Like all good equestrians, I got back on and rode back to the yard, sorted Buddy out and then drove myself to A&E. That’s where this journey really began...
I was sent home from A&E and told to crack on, only to receive a phone call later to say they’d missed a fracture (and a rather serious one at that). Whoops! So fracture clinic on 3 January, surgery on 5 January and home to recover.
I started this blog as a way to chart my recover back to the saddle. As I cleared clinics and competitions out of my diary and wondered what the next few months would bring, it's been a safe space for me to say how I'm feeling.
The new plan was to get a new job, to keep Buddy is kept ticking over and recover from my injury. Another good plan! I didn't expect a global pandemic, lockdown and all that happened in 2020.
This blog has changed over time but it's continued to be my safe space to share the things going on in my life, with Buddy and the cats. Enjoy!
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