So…. I feel a little bad. The neck injury that Lloyd got in Maui? The one that I really didn’t give much thought to? Well, it was a little more than I imagined. It made him all lopsided. When I picked him up at the airport he was smiling, but he wasn’t moving his head at all. When he looks around he turns at the waist. And have I mentioned the lopsidedness?
He said it was a big wave that rolled him and slammed him down onto the bottom.This wall will be a good location to document his progress – if his shoulders ever level out again. I made him turn around and saw that his spine was all wonky – his head is a bit to the side of where God originally put it.
He went to the doctor today, who did a series of tests that ruled out an injury to his actual spine. (Whew!) It’s a big ol’ muscle spasm and a few days of muscle relaxants and heat treatment should help, but if it doesn’t, he can go to physical therapy.
I told him the ocean was bad news. *fist shake at the Pacific*
Peggy says
Awww….Lopsided Lloyd. Now if that isn’t a great name for a children’s book, I don’t know what is. You should get started writing that Lauren & illistrating it too of course. I’d like to reserve my copy now of the soon to be best seller.
And sorry Lloyd. I am very familiar with being lopsided and the pain that goes along with it. I hope you feel better soon!
Lauren's dad says
I think that some fine Missouri bourbon, in copious amounts, should ease the discomfort and soften the muscle.
Brad says
When he was here, there was something about the way he moved with his stiff neck that looked like angry body language. I kept wondering if he was mad.
Lauren says
Yes -- it’s the slow, deliberate turn from the waist with an expressionless smile. It’s rather menacing. It is fun calling him Robot Lloyd, or better yet -- Igor. “Yes, massster.”
Jane Sommerer says
Please take care and if you don’t feel better soon find another doctor. Moms are such funny creatures. They want you well and feeling great.
Christina says
All dads want you to do is finish their taxes!