So Miserable

My back was even worse this morning. Sofia woke up to eat around 5:00am, and it took everything I had just to roll (yes, literally roll) out of the bed. After she finished eating, I passed her over to David and immediately took a hot shower, hoping that would help loosen the tight muscles--no such luck. I couldn't--and still can't--hardly sit, stand, or walk; and there's no way I can bend over or lift anything. I did manage to slip on a pair of shoes (not sure they even matched, to tell you the truth...) and carefully set myself in the vehicle to go to work and prepare for a substitute for the day. (Only in this profession could you be in intense pain and nearly immoble, but still expected to get yourself to work, prepare for a sub, and find and book that sub all before 7:00am. But, that's a blog entry for another day...) Anyway, I got all my ducks in a row for the day and then got home so David could get ready for work. As soon as he was ready, he took both Sofia and me to my parents' house for the day. How humbling when you have to go with your baby daughter to be taken care of for the day! I got an 11:15am appointment with the chiropractor and my dad drove me, since I learned from my pre-sunrise adventure that even lifting my foot to accelerate or brake was enough to make me want to yelp in pain. The chiropractor worked her magic and told me that I would most likely be sore for another couple of days and to take it easy, ice the area, and take in plenty of water. If I don't feel like it's improving by Wednesday, I need to go in again. I pretty much spent the rest of the day just trying to find some way to be even the slightest bit comfortable and trying not to feel too sorry for myself that for the immediate future I can't even pick up my baby girl because of the mess going on in my lower back. I can honestly say this is probably the most uncomfortable pain I have ever been in (aside from Sofia's arrival, that is). I even broke down earlier this evening and took Motrin. Three of them. And now I think I need to have some tea and sit with my sweet Sofia and heal.