Not so Lucky!

No sooner did I finish my monthly banner that I make for downstairs..."LUCKY"....then I...well~ ..........here's the story! Kev and I Are certifying to scuba dive!! I sure though I was going to freeze in the Sound...but I was wrong...these things keep you warm!!

"Kev and I and one of our instructors...Israel" We had done our 2 dives and had taken our 1 hour surface interval then headed back down to the water. All geared up and ready for our 3rd dive...and we were going down to the pipe line and to see the octupus...soooo exciting! We had some logs to step over which were embedded in the sand....I didn't have my glasses on...mask and fins in both hands, when I thought I stepped over the log...must not have lifted my leg high enough (heavy weights and tank).
Next thing I know...I was smashing into this huge log...FACE first!!
I thought I was dead at first...it hurt soooooooo dang bad!! But when I saw blood dripping and felt with my tongue to see if all my teeth were still in my mouth...I realized what had just happened! This wasn't good...and there would be NO 3rd dive today...dang it!!!

While waiting for the ambulance...my sweet husband did a great job keeping me conscious, I just wanted the pressure to go away...and to die at that moment would have felt much better!! ha ha~not a good idea really...but I never remember a time in my life where I hurt that bad!!

I have a GREAT appreciation for EMT's...even more so than I ever did before...they were amazing!! They had to peel my wet suits off of me...luckily I had a suit underneath!! They sweated like crazy with the heat on full blast in the ambulance so that I could keep warm while my body was in shock and I had a wet swimsuit on....placed warm water bottles all around me to warm me up...they were so kind!!!! The one guy said..."when we get to the hospital, you can tell your husband that the ambulance guys got you all hot and bothered!!" lol...I so had wished I could have laughed...he was cracking me up!!

This is Kevin taking a photo of the ambulance while following me to the hospital...he thought...,"she's gonna want a picture of this later"!

And I think he was so releaved to have me being taken care of! He was a mess that day!! Naturally...I would have been much worse had it been him that had fallen!!
So to make a long story short...after 6 hours in the ER...a broken nose in several places, 30 stitches to my face...torn ligaments in my left foot....I was able to go home!!And let the healing begin!! This is day 3 after my CRASH...and the bruising got much worse as you can imagine... We had a friend come into town a week later...so I had some covering up to do!! Amazing what make-up and my glasses can do to hide the MESS!!

7 days later!

And..,I am SO grateful for my sweet husband, kids and friends who helped me heal...I truly had administering angels watching over me!! When our instructors came to the house a few days later... I was so grateful that I had hit where I did! They said I hit this HUGE bump on the log that stuck up....it so could have been my eye or all my teeth...whew!!
Definately a blessing!

Now after 3 weeks, we are finally taking our last 2 dives to certify! Then Maui on the 23rd to dive in the tropical waters with the beautiful things in their waters!!

I just can't even imagine what it's going to be like swimming with turtles and all those beautiful colored fish!! CAN'T wait!!