Ouch!

Last day of vacation Lucas helped me down to the water with a kayak. He misstepped on the bottom stair and sprained his ankle. It ballooned up immediately - I hate those injuries where you just can't decide if it's bad enough to go to the emergency room. This one was a no brainer. We found out that the hospital in Florence is a fine place with very kind people working there. The doctor even called around and found us some "after hours" crutches that were delivered straight to the hospital for a total charge of $20. And he put all the x-rays on a CD so we could follow up with our doc here at home. Nice guy. Lucas is feeling a bit better after a week, but his ankle is still painful. It's a yucky shade of purple and yellow now and he'll be going in to see the doctor again next week. This is why we need national health coverage, people. He has no insurance because he isn't employed and can't get coverage because of his prior problems. So we'll be getting a final souvenir from Oregon later this month. We're just grateful it wasn't worse than it was.