Last weekend (Saturday) Eric had fallen twice while playing hockey. He was in pain but not a lot of pain and over the next few days the pain went away and he felt better. Fast forward to Wednesday night. After work Eric went to play hockey, but it was just a casual skate nothing crazy. Well, he fell again. You know the saying third times a charm? This third charm ended us up in the ER Wednesday night. He came home from hockey in pain, but was able to tolerate it, just figured his bum and leg were a little stiff but he was able to sit and walk just fine. Around 8 pm he suddenly went from tolerable discomfort to extreme pain and a swollen right butt cheek. We decided something was wrong and we needed to get to the ER. After an x-ray it was determined that he had a very large hematoma but nothing was broken. Two shots of pain medicine later and the pain wasn't getting better. Due to the amount of pain he was feeling they decided to do a CT to see if there was something fractured they weren't seeing. That came back clear, thankfully. However my poor guy's pain was not going away.
After we were there a few hours we decided to try and get back home to get Eric comfortable. Shortly after getting Eric to stand we realized we were not going anywhere. The two shots of pain medicine were not touching his pain so we decided to have Eric admitted so he could get the good stuff. He got some morphine and we were moved upstairs to his room. Eric's overnight nurse was very sweet, and her name happened to be Emily C...for some reason this made me feel very comfortable. I ended up going home around 2am to let Banksy out and went back to the hospital at 5am to see how he was doing. After I had left the nurse informed me that she had to call the dr. because the morphine wasn't allowing Eric to be comfortable so they were able to give him something in addition to that. It was a very long night followed by a long day in the hospital but thankfully as each hour passed it was getting a little better. The dr. came in to see how he was doing and approved Eric to go home. The easiest way he explained what a hematoma is, is that Eric landed right where your sciatic nerve runs up behind your right hip bone and that impact has caused a lot blood to fill in his butt muscle which has caused him to be super swollen and in pain.
We were able to leave the hospital at 4 on Thursday afternoon and get Eric home. Thursday evening was ok, then around midnight the extreme pain came back and I had to call Eric's mom who thankfully is a nurse. We weren't sure if we were heading back to the hospital or not. We got the heating pad on him because we were told that would help get the blood moving away from his butt and that seemed to start helping a bit.
This entire time Banksy our pup was going crazy over the fact that he couldn't play or snuggle with Eric. around 2:15 am Friday morning I took Banksy for a walk hoping to tire him out so he would stop whining.
Around 3 am Eric was a littler more comfortable and we were all able to get a couple hours of sleep. Friday was much better after keeping heat on it on and off throughout the day. Eric was able to get up and walk around with the help of crutches. I know that made him feel good. It's really hard to see him in so much pain, and having to go through what were the most painful couple of days in his life.
Last night and today we have seen major improvement and his mood has picked up a little bit. :) He's been able to stand a bit with the crutches and we even made it upstairs for a shower. :)
I've been sleeping on the couch along with Banksy so that Eric can sleep comfortably. After a long night at home Thursday night I woke up to see Banksy sitting in a chair looking out the window. I will never forgot how Banksy acted that night. It was like Banksy could feel Eric's stress and pain from a room away. Seeing him looking through that window just warmed my heart. This dog has big love for Eric and it's amazing to see.
Now that Eric can lay on his back comfortably we are allowing Banksy to lay in bed with him and I know they are both super happy about that. :)
Thank you to all who have sent well wishes to him. It's been a really tough couple of days for Eric so I know it really means a lot to him.
xo
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