We had some excitement...a few firefighters and paramedics...a little blood.

My mom was in the laundry room, getting her sheets out of the washing machine while our cleaning lady is here, when she tripped over the floor mat that was folded up a bit on the floor. (cleaning lady was about to mop when mom kicked her out of the laundry room for a few minutes)

Mom pretty much faceplanted on the floor and cut her hand on the side of the rubber part of the floor mat when she fell, and she may have dislocated her right shoulder, or broke it or something. (not sure yet, she's at the ER right now)

I couldnt lift her, and the cleaning lady made one attempt to see if we could get mom off the floor. When my mom yelled about her shoulder, the cleaning lady and I just looked at each other and said "911".

So the really cute firefighters came and scooped mom up off the floor, the paramedics assessed her, and wrapped up her shoulder to stabilize it. They said it wasnt a matter of life and death that she go to the hospital, so we declined the ambulance and I called my dad to come get her. (he works at one of the hospitals downtown)

My dad came home, and we got her in the car, and he took her back down to the hospital he works at. (her doctor is actually there today, my dad was working with him) so she's going to get some nice pretty pictures of her shoulder.

I get the feeling my dad is going to be retiring this week if she's got more than a sprain. If it's dislocated or broken, there's no way I can help her do stuff. I dont have the upper body strength to help her do things. I'm hoping he can keep working, since they both need the money. (maybe he can do FMLA...if that's the right word for it?)

I hope she doesnt have anything broken or dislocated. I didnt see the fall. I was downstairs pretty much directly below her when she fell. I heard her fall and it was a pretty hard thump or two before the final boom of her falling.

Hopefully she didnt hurt too much.