[Sca-cooks] OT- Woe is me!

[DragonTamer]

Oh, man, Glenda, what a crappy day. I'm not quite sure what to tell you, and
I really haven't anything I can offer you in the way of advice. What rotten
luck. Hugs?

Amanda
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glenda Robinson" <glendar at compassnet.com.au>
To: <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 5:03 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] OT- Woe is me!


> Hi All,
>
> 5th of February will always be commemorated in my house as Broken
Robinson's
> Day!
>
> At 10 am, I broke my arm ice skating - while practically stopped, I
reached
> for the side and missed, coming down on my outstretched arm (left arm -
I'm
> left handed), blowing a goodly bit of the head off the radius. Had to get
> Wayne to come home from work and get me from a couple of suburbs away and
> bring me home.
>
> Later that day, I got a call saying that Andrew, our 12yo, had been hit by
a
> car on the crossing near his school. It's an 80km/h zone. Thankfully he'd
> only been clipped and spun, but his two front teeth were knocked out. We
> found one at the scene and one later at the hospital in his clothing. He's
> had them replaced, and wired, and the hospital dental clinic people think
> they'll take OK. He's got lacerations and contusions on his face, one knee
> and one hand, but hasn't lost his sick sense of humour!
>
> The driver saw him and nearly missed him, he had started on the crossing
> when it said walk - the don't walk started flashing shortly after, so he
> rushed, with his umbrella up, in the rain. We think the flashing cycle
must
> be way too short for the road it's on (4 lanes, one turning bay and two
wide
> shoulders), and it went off before he was across. There was a truck
stopped
> at the lights, and the driver saw the green, but not Andrew, and Andrew
> hadn't noticed the red light stop flashing.
>
> I'm so glad he's still alive - I'd always known something was going to
> happen to him, so if this is it, it's over now, and he has made it
through!
>
> My arm has been referred onto an Orthopaedic Surgeon, who has referred me
to
> a elbow specialist, and some time over the next 8 days or so, I'm going to
> have it opened up, the bone shards taken out of my joint, and the bone
> pinned, which will probably involve a hospital stay somewhere in the city
(I
> live an hour to 2 hours out, depending on traffic)
>
> Now for the cooking bit:
> <insert sobs here> I can't cook Andrew the soft foods needed for his
teeth!
> I can't chop or peel with only my off hand! It's very depressing for me,
but
> I've enlisted Wayne, who doesn't like cooking much, but will play with
> knives, as my assistant. So far I've made mashed potato with grated Romano
> cheese, mashed carrots, and partially mashed peas, and got out some
chicken
> & pumpkin soup that I make in large batches and freeze. Am going to do
some
> apple-sauce, some custards and mousses, and some smooth scrambled eggs
over
> the next days, and porridge is a good thing too. I've single-handedly made
> some jelly (US jello) for him, and some Milo milk (chocolate vitamin
drink),
> but I needed help even with that (can't open the press-top tin with one
> hand!).
>
> Anyone else got some good ideas for soft foods that are fairly plain (his
> palate's not strong on herbs and spices as yet), that can be cooked by a
> one-handed cook, and an assistant?
>
> Glenda
> (typing with one hand)
>
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