7/2/2017 - Mazie's Accident

Sunday - Well, we did go for the prime rib, which was tough according to David and Joe (Marilyn and I shared chicken alfredo).  And we did play for a little while at the casino, Joe came out $20 ahead, the rest of us lost a little.  Then we played cards.  The guys won.  But, unfortunately, that wasn't the end of our day.  We had "incident #2".

As Mazie left our camper after the card game, she tripped over the fire pit and fell.  She was carrying their 2 folding chairs, and it was dark, and she just didn't see the fire pit.  Collins was with her and yelled for help, and we all rushed out to see what happened.  After letting her lay on the ground for a few minutes, she was helped up and helped inside their RV, which is right next door to ours.  She wasn't doing so well, so Collins yelled to Joe to call 911, which he did, but also several people in the park ran over when they heard someone yell to call 911, including 3 nurses who happened to be camping nearby.  One worked with Mazie and stayed with her until the paramedics arrived, and the other two stayed right here too, one inside the RV, the other (a male nurse) outside on the step with us.  The paramedics from Chiloquin arrived about 20-25 minutes later and checked her out, and she's ok this morning.  She sprained either her left finger or hand, and it's swollen, and her thumb on that same hand is swollen and sore, and she got some scrapes on her shins on both legs which they bandaged. Here's the culprit that tripped her up.  Imagine in the dark how hard that would be to see.  We had our little porch light on, but the light doesn't carry very far, plus she had a folding chair in each hand.

But she's healthy and active, and tough! and other than being a little sore, is none the worse for wear this morning.  Nevertheless, we all took it easy today.  Collins is not doing the best, not sure how much his exercises are helping him, and Mazie iced her hand several times today.  Joe and I took a little drive, on Modoc Road -- one that we hadn't hit yet, but we were only gone about an hour.  Mid-afternoon, we gathered to play ladder golf in the shade.   Even our wounded warriors participated.

Mazie had planned to bake a cherry pie today, but since her hand would not allow her to roll out the piecrust, Marilyn volunteered to take over that chore.  So after dinner, just before we started our nightly card game, we all enjoyed a piece of cherry pie!

The guys beat the girls soundly tonight so we quit after just 3 hands.  When I was out walking afterwards, the male nurse happened to drive by, and he stopped and asked me how Mazie was doing.  I told him she had wanted to thank the people who came over last night but didn't know how to find them, and he pointed out the nurse who had stayed with her.  So I went and got her and took her over so she could thank the gal, who was also interested in seeing how she was doing today.  She offered to take a look at her hand tomorrow when she gets off work -- Mazie is still debating about whether it needs to be X-rayed.

We are staying here 2 more days, to get through the holiday, then on Wednesday we plan to move on up the road.  This has been a great place to just kick back, though, and we would all highly recommend this campground -- the Water Wheel RV Park.