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!
Poor Bert really isn’t himself at the moment. So I took him to the vets. The swelling under his chin had gone down a little, but there was clearly still an issue.
Although he’s rather subdued, he still managed to dragged me across the car park. He loves the vets! Ever since he went there for Puppy Pre-School, he sees it as a fun place to go. The vet laughed as Bert led the way to the examination room. He said it makes a change from dogs trying to head out the front door.
Shows it really work if they have positive first experiences for stuff. A lesson to us all I guess.
Anyway, I digress. After being checked over there were no obvious injuries. His mouth was very swollen, so the vet suspects he’s eaten a wasp and been stung under his tongue. He gave him a steroid injection and I have to see what he’s like in 48 hours.
Bert has been asleep since we got home. I’d like to think he would learn a valuable life lesson about buzzy stingy things. The jury is out on that one though…
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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