March 9th

Am in hospital!! No tv, nothing to read and very smelly breath! lol. How did I get there? well, yesterday we finished earlier then usual, so I decided to make the most of the spare time and ride my 2 horses. Rode my crackers old boy, and had a lovely hack. Get on my second horse, exploring a new bridleway, then it all happens very suddenly, a badger hole which neither of us see, he falls into it, tipping over and then rolling over me. Call my dad who takes me to A and E. X rays, blood tests and ecg results are all clear. Spent the night drugged up under observation. this morning was sent in for CT scans showing I have 4 broken ribs- I have 2 thoughts at this stage: 1) oh bugger- now how am I supposed to work on the site? 2) Yay- I have broken ribs- am not really a wuss! Really wish I hadn't told myself this morning to man up and deal with the pain (when I thought well, there's no break or fractures- must be just bruising). Not impressed when I was given my meds and sent home that the parting shot was "please don't drink alcohol!" Spent the whole day in hospital, missed out on driving the skip loader :-( My dad, however is happy he was promoted to driver, though not impressed he inherited my role of tea maid!