UPDATE *** LASSIE HE'S NOT!

[Carol and Banjo]

Today I found out just what Banjo's made of.   Just as I'd suspected...he's completely "opportunistic".   This morning I took him out to the backyard to play in the snow.  After a good 30 minutes of tossing snowballs for him we headed for the back door.  I didn't have a leash on him and so I held his collar and started on to the ice slicked patio to the door.   Well, as you've probably already guessed...I took a header, hitting my head, shoulder and knee.  There I am sprawled out in pain and all I could think of was I've got to get the door open and usher him inside before he takes off.  I managed to reach up and open the door with my good hand and luckily Banjo went willingly inside at which point I slithered over the threshold, closing the door behind me.  

Safely inside, now I could succumb to the pain.  I couldn't help but moan and cry, all the while wondering if my arm was broken and my knee shattered.....surely they must be for it to hurt this badly.  While all of this was going on, Banjo was running madly up and down the stairs.  I think he stopped to look at me two or three times.  In the midst of the pain I was thinking to myself....oh the poor thing is frightened and upset and doesn't know what to do.  Well, after about 5 minutes I attempted to move my leg.....YES!  .... it worked!  Holding my bad arm against my body I managed to get up of the floor and slowly worked my way up the stairs.  At this point I hear Banjo running madly about the upstairs and it slowly begins to dawn on me.....these are the crazy, manic pawsteps of Dog Gone Wild....you know that sound .....when your dog has something he shouldn't have and is running crazily around the house with it....taunting you to catch-me-if-you-can!!!

It seems that while I lay there thinking my body was broken beyond repair, Banjo had discovered the socks, underwear, pajama bottoms and tee shirts that were left on the laundry room floor and had brought each and every item up to the living room to bask in.  He never gave one thought to my well being.   It never occurred to him to push the phone off the cradle to try to dial 911, or to lay loyally by my side, licking my tears til DH came home!   Nope!   It was PARTY time!!!!

Sort of sounds like the Captain of that ill fated cruise ship!

Footnote:  Looks like I'll be ok...knee is bruised, little lump on the forehead and as long as I keep my arm close up against my body it doesn't scream with pain.   Sitting here with ice on it.

UPDATE  -----

UPDATE:

Feeling a whole lot sore today, in places I didn't know I had but I'm pretty sure nothing is broken and I'll be good as new after a few more days.   Thanks all for the well wishes!

As for Banjo....Well I've come to the conclusion that I may have misunderstood his seeming indifference during my mini-crisis yesterday.

For almost as long as we've had him, he will grab a forbidden item and run around playing Catch-Me-If-You-Can.  He typically does this when we're not paying him much attention....and he's got us so well trained that we jump right in to play the game.  Running around til we catch him and then he'll drop whatever he's been taunting us with.  

After some thought last night it dawned on me that he was trying to get me to get up off the floor and chase him.  When the first stolen article of laundry didn't work...he went for another item....on and on!   He did stop by my head a few times, although I wasn't really paying him any attention, he was probably trying to show me what he had in his mouth.  His doggie attempts to entice me up off the floor!      So, you see.....he really is a Lassie!!!  Or a Doodle Super-Hero!

[Carol and Banjo]

Thank you Anna.  I have another x-ray scheduled for Monday and will hopefully get the OK to head off for our vacation.   Banjo's been a sweetie....very undemanding and pretty content to stay inside.

[Anna and Achilles]

Sorry to hear of your fall, hope you heal quickly. I am sure that beautiful boy had your best interest at heart.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Yes, tropical drinks are the answer! 

[Bonnie and Kona]

Sorry you are struggling with using your left hand but so happy to hear that the tropical drinking is still a go for you. ;o)

@Leslie, tooth brushing with left hand? impossible! Thank goodness they've invented electric toothbrushes.

[Leslie and Halas]

Sorry about your shoulder.  I hope you are still able to drink left-handed on your vacation.  Umbrella drinks may be just what you need.  I also had a difficult time doing things left-handed after my wrist surgery.  Brushing my teeth was tricky and a bit messy.  Good luck!

[Carol and Banjo]

Thank you Nancy.  This fracture is no where near what your DIL experienced...WHEW!   I am paying today for working yesterday and then being manipulated for the x-rays....but I expect that it'll feel much better in another 2-3 days.   I'm not the most coordinated person walking the planet and am finding it tricky doing things with my left hand.   I think I can manage  tropical drinks quite nicely tho!  ; - )

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Carol, I am so sorry you have a fracture.  My DIL recently broke her clavicle in three places in a bicycle fall.  She had surgery and a plate was put in.  She felt crummy for about a week or two and then she began to improve quickly. 

[BG and Gavin]

I blogged about Yaktrax two years ago.  They are a winter must-have.  Two thumbs way up!

http://www.doodlekisses.com/profiles/blogs/winter-walking-wipeouts

[Carol and Banjo]

Thank you Laurie and Jarka ... I'm grateful it isn't more serious.  We'll have a wonderful time.   Jane..Lassie Banjo is my hero......do you have any idea how fast he got half a load of laundry up those stairs?!!!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Carol, I am so sorry to hear about your shoulder and hope you still enjoy a great vacation. Take care of yourself!!