kicked

i ended up in the er last night. while i was out at the barn i got kicked in the back by a horse. it was pretty terrifying. i fell to the ground and couldn't breathe for a minute. after that i thought i was ok. but on the way home i started having sharp pains whenever i moved my leg. so i had gareth drive me to the hospital. they did x-rays and didn't find anything broken or misaligned. they did a urinalysis and found a slight amount of blood which could indicate a problem with my kidneys. but sent me home on some strong pain killers and said to take it easy for a day or so to see if the pain subsides. i got out of opening today and i'm actually feeling much better now. the sharp pain isn't happening every time i move. i'm just really sore where i got kicked and apparently where i fell on my butt. i'm going to get my kidneys checked again tomorrow just to make sure everything's ok. and go to an orthopedist on monday if i'm still having the sharp pain at all. i'm seriously lucky though. it was a few inches from my spine. at least someone else was there in case it had been any worse. my poor parents were quite concerned after getting the call on my way home that i got kicked then calling as i was checking into the hospital. they called every hospital in r'mond before finding me to see how i was doing. i'm glad gareth was able to be there for me. i really needed him. i still don't know what made the horse kick me. i was just finishing up grooming her outside and turned to walk away when she turned too and just kicked. who knows. animals are unpredictable. on another bad note i was supposed to hear back from the doggie daycare place by the end of the week. she even said to call her if i hadn't heard back from her. so i called and left a message with someone there for her to call me back. she never did. i called back today and she's off so i left her a voicemail. i think she would have contacted me if she was really interested. i guess there's still a chance though. gareth went to see grown ups the night before. i'd tried to stay up to go with him but after opening that day i was asleep well before midnight. we did get to watch percy jackson and the olympians at home. turns out it's not worth watching. i did actually see something good. creation. the story of darwin. on another good note last weekend went really well. i was actually a decent help at the veggie fest for my brother's booth. i took lots of pics. and father's day at my parents' was nice. even though i'd shown up late thinking i was early. colby had a great time swimming with my nephew. they make a great playing pair. i took my other pets to the vets for their checkups this week. they're both ok but not great. kitt's white blood cell count has been slightly elevated these past two times which could be a sign of stress or infection. and budd still has the two eggs in the same exact spot the same exact size. so we're giving her until the end of the summer to lay them. if she doesn't i'm going to take her to a specialist in nova to get treated. i was at another doctor's earlier this week to get my moles checked out. one looked a little different than usual but i honestly don't usually look at them since they're on my back. so i don't really know how it normally looks. but the doctor said they all look normal and again to just monitor them. i'll try and do a better job at that. i don't want my body to fall apart. it's scary.