Ever wonder what you did to anger the universe?
"Mr. Mercer, you're gonna be off that leg for a few more weeks."
I looked at the doctor before Marcie took over.
"Why's that? He's been off it just like you said. It's been six weeks. He should be in a walking boot already."
"Mrs. Mercer, it's not that simple. It's not healing right. I'm thinking it wasn't what the emergency room doctor said about it being a stress fracture as much as it was a simple fracture. What happened when you hurt it?"
"I was running to catch up with Marcie and I tripped over a branch in the road. I twisted so I didn't land on my knees and landed on my side instead."
"So, you fell on asphalt?"
I nodded my head.
"Mr. Mercer..."
"Sir, please call me Leo. It sounds like you're talking to my dad."
He smiled at me.
"Sorry, Leo. It looks more serious than the emergency room physician thought. I'm thinking about another two to three weeks. Did he check out your hip as well?"
I didn't think about that. Marcie looked at me.
"No, he was concentrating on the leg."
It was agreed that I would get my hip examined as well. As I was being wheeled back to X-ray, Marcie was walking next to me.
"I don't know why I didn't think about checking your hip," she said.