HELLO EVERYONE FROM SUSIL! HORRIBLE EVENT LAST WEDNESDAY.
I WAS STANDING AT THE SINK LAST WED.AND LET GO OF BOTH WALKING STICKS TO WASH MY HANDS. I IMMEDIATELY FELL BACKWARD INTO THE BATHTUB,LANDING WITH MY HEAD THUDDING AGAINST THE WALL,MY BUTT AND TORSO IN THE TUB AND LEGS STICKING UP IN THE AIR.
FOR TWO DAYS AND NIGHTS I WAS IN THAT METAL TUB, SCRABBLING TO GET OUT. I TRIED EVERYTHING.TRYING TO HOOK MY UPPER ARMS OVER THE RIM OF THE TUB AND PULL MY BODY OUT ETC. I TRIED EVERY POSITION AND TECHNIQUE I COULD,SEEING AS HOW MY LEGS ARE PRACTICALLY USELESS TO PROVIDE ANY LEVERAGE.
THE NIGHTS WERE HORRIBLE,I HAD TO PEE IN THE TUB AND DOZE OFF BETWEEN EFFORTS TO GET OUT WITH MY HEAD RESTING ON THE RIM OF THE TUB. AS THE TIME PASSED, I STARTED TO HALLUCINATE. I THOUGHT I HEARD PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE AND OTHER BIZARRE THINGS. FRIDAY,MY DAUGHTER ZEE IN TEXAS BECAME CONCERNED BECAUSE I HADN'T MADE OUR DAILY PHONE CALL. SHE CALLED A COUSIN WHO LIVES 2-MILES AWAY FROM ME,HE FINALLY SHOWED UP AND FOUND ME AND CALLED THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND A DEPUTY SHOWED UP AND THEY HAULED ME OUT OF THE TUB, STINKING AND DEHYDRATED AND DELUSIONAL.
THEY SAT ME IN A WHEELCHAIR AND I REFUSED AN AMBULANCE, SOON AFTER, I FELL OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR. I DIDN'T KNOW MY DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW WERE RUSHING OVER FROM TEXAS. I WAS TRYING MEANWHILE, ON THE KITCHEN FLOOR, TO CRAWL ON MY ELBOWS AND KNEES TO REACH A CHAIR AND TRY TP PULL MYSELF UP
SO DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW ARRIVED AND OVER SEVEN HOURS LATER FOUND ME AND I WAS TAKEN TO THE E.R.AT FOREST GENERAL HOSPITAL, BRUISED AND SCRAPED ALL OVER AND MY LEGS PARALYZED. I AM WRITING THIS FOM MY HOSPITAL BED. MY RIGHT LEG IS USELESS NOW AND I WILL PROBABLY WINDUP IN A NURSING HOME.
THIS IS MY DAUGHTER'S OLD LAP TOP AND WISH I COULD TALK TO YOU ALL,BUT USING HOSPITAL'S WI-FI FOR NOW.KEEP ME IN UR PRAYERS.
LOVE TO ALL,
SUSIL:)