What Happened?

Well Sunday morning my son (Corey) was having one of those mornings. Unfortunately I have to be the heavy with him. Everywhere else in his life he is given whatever he wants whenever he wants because he can throw his weight around or become aggressive. I can't allow that at home for obvious reasons and I don't think I would do him any favors long term if I did. So we had been in a battle of wills all morning and it finally came to a head around 11:30. I left the kitchen and walked towards the den and Corey jumped on my back. Not to piggyback but to try to push me down. I should insert here that even when he was trying to push me down it wasn't to retaliate he just wanted the extra snacks and he figured if I was on the floor he could get it. Anyway he jumped on my back and began trying to push me to ground. I have maintained the upper hand with him all of this time because I have strong enough legs to stand toe to toe with him when he decides to be aggressive. Unfortunately yesterday I was standing on a rug that slipped probably from the force of Corey pushing and me resisting. 238 lbs pushed down on my leg that was now off balance and I broke my ankle. And then he fell on top of me. I have a clean break all the way across on one side and a hair line fracture on the other side. The picture is of the soft cast I will wear for the next couple of days while the swelling goes down. Then I will get a hard cast that I will wear for 6-8 weeks.

But "what happened" is not the story it's what do I do now. Corey is with hubby who said, "well you can't manage Corey with that soft cast." Which left me and my mom with the impression he figures I can manage when I get the hard cast. As usual he is completely oblivious to what I do and what I will have to deal with wearing a full cast and trying to take care of Cameron and Corey by myself. It is my right ankle so I can't drive, I can't afford to be out of work for 8 weeks. The list goes on and on and with each hour I realize just how difficult this could be. And then of course the real elephant in the room is...I am not sure what the long term repercussions of this incident will be. I am not sure if I will be able to continue as I have with Corey. I guess all of it will play out in the following weeks...