I fall down, but I get up again

BIKE 75 mins and 20? miles, indoors

Indoors for rain, cold, dark and early morning golden-doneness :) Watched first DVD in Battle of The Five Armies. For the WIN.

Later walking the dog on our normal loop by Nebraska and Juniata we took a fall. We somehow tangled, I got hog-tied, I tried to avoid her, but fell on her anyway. She yelped and cried out, my first fear was that I broke her back or ribs or shoulder. That's right where I landed. But she bounced up and started licking my face. Me on the other hand -- smacked my upper left hip HARD, I think I landed on my elbow? and the hit reverberated through my back. But we seemed OK and I'm still more worried about her. And pissed that had just taken my phone out seconds before all this to select the next podcast. I'm sure that played some role in my reaction time.

We get home and while wiping the rain off her feet I find blood. She's missing a toenail on her right hind foot!! Blood everywhere on the carpet, before I steadied her in the living room. I needed a few moments to take stock, replan, get my head together. The carpet cleaned up super easy while I planned. Call vet, delay work, get ice on me. The vet can see us in 90 mins, so while I iced my hip I moved her to her bed with a towel cover, cleaned up the puddles on the kitchen floor, colored in a book to calm down, and texted mom and SO.  Mom wanted me to contact a doctor -- for the blood thinners, and the fact that I had a mild headache. I did have the headache and some on/off nausea, but between the stress, worry, pain, more it was hard to pinpoint everything. I Dr Googled for symptoms to watch for. I had none of the worsening headache, abdominal pain, dizziness. So dog next.

The vet (new one Dr Goff) said this was a common and minor injury. Really?! She's bandaged up shortly, antibiotic'd, and we're out the door $151 dollars later. Ugh. And this common injury was also in the next dog in the waiting room! But this dog did NOT look good or happy. So my doubts about whether Shoogie really needed a vet visit were erased.

We get home, I sit w her a bit, then I have to go. No bike commute due to rain. And my injuries, LOL! At work I have lunch with TV, get my shit done, then leave on a half day. I was starting to hurt more. My hip was developing a nice bruise underneath a half-dollar sized area of abraded skin. The swelling was lumpy but focal and not spreading yet.

And later in the day, a left side rib started to ache. I didn't notice this before? Sharp focal and right at the sternum so my guess is cartilage. This combination of hip and head and rib and back all made for some uncomfy sleeping.

But who am I to complain? I didn't lose a toenail! I wonder if she gets a discount at the groomer's now...