Why is it that something always goes wrong before we go on vacation?Last year, our water heater went out two days before we left. This year, well ...
I was watching my beloved Bearcats win their season opener last night - DH had gone to bed already. I decided to stay up a while and read after the game was over and ended up falling asleep on the couch. Next thing you know, I'm waking up in pain on the floor next to the couch. My right foot was hurting so badly and somehow I had managed to crack my big toenail.I have a tendency to sleepwalk when under stress, and goodness knows I've been under tons of it lately trying to get everything together for the trip. All I can figure is maybe I fell over the luggage in the livingroom or something while I was up wandering around asleep.
I yelled into the bedroom to wake DH (which took considerable effort since he sleeps with the c-pap). He tried to get me to go to the ER right away, but of course I wanted to tough it out. Once I tried to get up and walk to the bathroom, though, I knew I had to go.
Luckily, we have a hospital center very close - it's about a 10 minute drive. At 4 a.m. the waiting room was empty and I got right in. I got wheeled back to the exam area and a nurse came in to input my info into the computer. I was talking about the fact that we're going to Disney next week, how am I gonna walk like this, etc. ... and this launched into a full-blown discussion on all things WDW. One point of conversation led to another and finally he looked at me and asked if I was on the DIS!
No, I'm not kidding! A fellow DISer, Scuba, was working in the ER! Of all the places to have my first meet-up, right?!? And know what else? He and his family are going to Disney THE SAME WEEK ... and they're doing MNSSHP the SAME DAY we are!
Between talking with the doctor and going for x-rays, we chatted about past visits and our upcoming trip plans, ADRs, etc. It definitely made a most unpleasant experience a whole lot easier.He and the other hospital staff took great care of me, and I got a sexy new shoe for Disney out of the deal:
Ain't it pretty?C'mon, you know you're jealous!
Turns out, I sprained my right foot.I got a prescription for some pain meds and some stronger Vitamin I with the instructions to rest, ice, and elevate. It hurts like Hades today and I'm super nauseated.
DH is picking up the prescriptions after work, along with some crutches at my request. I'm hoping it feels better enough that I can avoid using an ECV. I'll do what I have to do when we get there, but I really would prefer to walk if at all possible.
So now to go along with the old injury of my knee, I'm laid up with the foot ... and this is the week I have the most to do! Of course! ARGHHH!
Big shout out of thanks to you, Scuba, for everything! It was great talking with you, and hope we can work it out to meet up again (under much more pleasant circumstances) at MNSSHP!
7 days until vacation, 9 days until WDW!
I am so sorry to hear you hurt yourself, especially right before a trip. I am sending some pixie dust your way in hopes of you being able to navigate without an ECV
On the bright side, the parks shouldn't be crowded and you'll run less people over. Seriously, I can't imagine trying to work one of those things in a crowded theme park if you don't have experience.
That is so awesome and exciting. Cut yourself some slack and lay around for a couple of days, I'm sure you've got this packing thing under control
and I'll bet your DH will lend a hand Sometimes he will get up in the morning and find me sleeping on the couch or livingroom chair. He'll be like, "When did you come out here?" Ummm, I dunno. 
Bearcat, I thought you said you had ADRs at the Biergarten, that should make EVERYTHING better.
It was my pleasure looking after you last night, I was fun speaking with your husband, it was nice to see him excited about going to Disney, I have often heard from other nurses in the department speaking about how dis-intrested their husbands are about going to Disney. One nurse I work with even said her husband was worried about how bored he is going to be, and "what in the world is he going to do at Disney". Really?, bored at Disney, that is your own fault.
I'm wondering though, My best friends are going to be there the same week, September 15th, and now you and your husband, one of the Doctors I work with are also going to be there........could we have picked the worst week to go to Disney? so far everyone I know is going to be there. Maybe we should check a crowd prediction site.
Good way to end the trip, I figure. Maybe I'll even treat myself and have a beer or a glass of wine. 
I can do mine tomorrow. Have sooo much to do!
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!
But, how cool is THAT that you met another Dis'er AND they are going to Disney the same week, what are the chances of that happening
Well, at least now you have the pain meds in case you need them on your trip. Nothing like being in the happiest place on earth while in pain and discomfort. Some pain med and that Biergarten res, you will really be in the happiest place on earth.
Well, enough doom and gloom, you are just a week away
I am scared of having to navigate with the ECV - never used one ever - but I'm just hoping I don't need to use it at all. I'm going to think positive! 
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Oh no! You gotta stay off of it. Is that a walking cast? I fractured my foot our 1st family trip to WDW and I had a walking cast. It was so hot but it worked really well. I hope you feel better.
Yay on the single digit dance!
Just got the Mickey Halloween light up bag today and it doesn't work. They are sending me another one, hope we get it before we leave.
I said to DH last night, "Well, now CatNip and I REALLY have a lot in common!!" 
), I definitely think I'll partake in a glass. 
DH plans to! Can't "go to Germany" without having a little something to celebrate, right?
Know what? I knew, of all people, you would get where that post was coming from!
I've often wondered what it would be like to meet someone from here, and I now I know. It wasn't under ideal circumstances, but fun nonetheless.
And though I'm normally not a drinker (I think I have a 6-pack in there still from the Super Bowl
And some of the stares I got were positively hateful. Oh well, what can you do, right? I had to get out of the house. It's such a beautiful day here. I only spent about a half hour in Target and then we came home. Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry about your foot! Hope you can try to stay off it for most of the week so you can rest it and feel much better for next week.
One of my coworkers was due to go to Disney in April, and the week before her mom shattered her foot and they had to cancel. They reschedule for this week, and about a month ago her husband broke his hip so they had to cancel again!! At least you are fortunate in that regard, if you can look at it as a positive.
Sending lots of healing pixie dust your way!
I just caught up reading. I hope your foot is feeling better I can't believe this happen so close to your trip. That is crazy that you meet a Diser in the ER! YAY your trip is getting so close
Oh no!! Sorry about your foot - ouch!! At least your sense of humor is still intact. I hope it feels much better before your trip! That is so weird about meeting a fellow Diser in the ER - we are everywhere!
Okay, so I took your advice today and tried out an ECV at Target. Those suckers are hard to maneuver!
How is your foot feeling this morning?
Yeah, the stares are what upset me most. It's like, sure I want to have to use this thing. go right ahead and stare. LOL!
I was waiting for my prescription the other night and this woman was standing off to the side. Well, she was talking to someone else. I know that she saw me. She kept hitting the front of the cart with hers. I finally got annoyed enough and gave her a look and said, "Excuse me. I'm sitting here." Which she pretended not to see or hear me. Well, I finally had enough when she did it for like the 10th time. So, I pushed the forward button and pushed her cart out of the way. She gave me a dirty look and I gave her one right back. She didn't say anything else, but she did stop hitting the cart. LOL!! Yeah, it was petty, but I tried being nice and she ignored me. LOL!!
I've never had any issues using a ECV at Disney. I think it's because they are more common there than at home.
They are difficult to use, but the ones at the parks are a bit easier. That's why I recommend using the ones at Target.
People can be so rude! Sometimes I just don't get it. It's like, is my being in an ECV hurting YOU in any way? No? Then MYOB!
I couldn't stop laughing at that one!! Yay. Not to mention the boot/shoe thingy makes me lurch around like Quasimodo when I'm not using the crutches. Oh yeah, I'm stylin'! 
I know, I know, I can hear what you're thinking - I'm still a week out. Maybe I'm worrying for nothing - I tend to do that - and in a few days I'll be better. That being said, we walked an average of 8-10 miles a day at Disney last year. If I walk from the couch to the bathroom a couple times without crutches, my foot starts to hurt, and I just don't see myself being anywhere near ready to do 8 miles a day in a week. I'm not doing Disney on crutches - I can't even imagine it. We're taking a 5-HOUR WALKING TOUR for goodness sakes. 
I cannot BELIEVE you sprained your foot!! If you pop over to my PTR you'll see why I haven't really been posting a whole lot lately!!! Long story short, not only have I been working 10 and 12 hour days at work, my back has been KILLING me so bad, I ended up in the ER also!!! I might be on an ECV too!!! What are the chances?!!! 
We'll see how this week goes...
No, I'm not kidding! A fellow DISer, Scuba, was working in the ER! Of all the places to have my first meet-up, right?!? And know what else? He and his family are going to Disney THE SAME WEEK ... and they're doing MNSSHP the SAME DAY we are!
.could we have picked the worst week to go to Disney? so far everyone I know is going to be there. Maybe we should check a crowd prediction site.
But you're not the first person to get clobbered the week before, and every trip report I've read where someone was unexpectedly in a wheelchair or an ECV at Disney, they managed to have a good time anyhow. 
Some of them even discovered they like being forced to slow down, and took a more laid back approach to WDW even when they didn't have to. I think most people see it as the fact that we look like we are able bodied. Never mind the fact that there are tons of hidden things that people can't see. Not to mention that I'm wearing a damn ace bandage on my foot an ankle. Heaven forbid. LOL!!
I had to laugh last night though. I was going to put the ECV back and this elderly man was going to get a cart and told me that he'd race me!! I laughed and he said that he was serious. He said that he knew he could win cause those things are slow.
Maybe we can race?!!!
I hope your foot is feeling better soon. At least once you get to the rides you're golden, I'm worried I won't be able to ride some of the rides without them bothering my back!!
I wonder what it says about the sports fans I know IRL that I read this with the picture of your foot and ankle on my screen and thought, "Oh, no! Too early in the season to be celebrating enough you'd hurt yourself, so it must be her team lost and she kicked something."
I'm so sorry about your ankle!
Okay, getting hurt is a bummer, but OTOH, you're going to be able to tell this tale for years to come.
I'm thinking it's a legitimate concern, myself. Especially with the KTTK tour so late in your schedule.
Take your camera and see if you get a new perspective on WDW. And I'm not referring to the fact that people in wheelchairs and ECVs see more tushies!
