AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT,,,

The poor HOBL...

In May, after falling off a ladder in the new house he messed

up many muscles in his back.

The good news was that after an MRI there

was absolutely no damage to his back, in fact, the doctor was 

amazed to see a man at 50 years old to have a back with not

one problem with it.

HOBL has trouble realizing that he is no longer 20 

and he also has trouble with the fact that he needs to slow down sometimes.

Last week, when cutting Baby boys grass,

as they take turns cutting each others grass when the other is at work,

he lifted something and felt a "pop"

when you hear and feel a pop, it usually is not a good sign.

He went to the doctor to be told thankfully, 

it seemed to be only the same muscles.

Yet after days and still not getting back to normal he decided

to go to Urgent Care for xrays.

The Urgent care physician almost freaked as the

regular xrays showed....

a broken back!

Yes, on L-2, a broken spine!

He is insistant on leaving Sunday for a class in Colorado for work

but after that, I do believe the company will send him home 

to have this thing evaluated by specialist.

Pray for my poor HOBL for anything dealing 

with pain and medical issues becomes a big deal 

with a recovering drug addict who has been sober for 

many years as he has been.

There is no way he can get through this without pain meds.

as the doctor told him yesterday and although

I have faith that he will do what he has to do to protect

his sobriety and get well,

It is still a fearing time for us.

He are hoping that after another MRI 

it will be the type of fracture that rest and physical therapy

will be able to heal without surgery.

Fear of the unknown for me is the worst as we have

built such a good life and do not want this to turn 

our little world upside down.

Will keep all posted....