Had a great day on thurs/fri/sat - my presentation did pretty well I think-disaster preparedness of all things....had a horrible time with my room key on saturday night - it took 4 trips and 45 minutes so that I could change my outfit and put on jeans/sneaks instead of the skirt/heels I had on... I got into the elevator with some others (I was on 7th floor) and they all got out in various places...one got out on the 5th floor leaving me alone in the elevator - all I know from this point is that I turned and apparently snapped a stress fracture in my right leg. Yup..I broke both bones in my right leg about 3" above my ankle. I was rescued by one of the ferretonin guys (he got off at the wrong floor and had recalled the elevator - I can't imagine how he had to have felt when the elevator doors open and he found me writhing in pain on the floor)...He called the front desk and stayed with me until I was checked into the hospital... thank you Joe! I missed my flight and if not for the wonderful actions of a lot of people , I would have been in a real mess.Thank you to Lynn Toole and Gail Elsey for getting some leeway in rebooking my flight (I think someone else was helping as well but the memory is pretty foggy based on the IV Dilaudid). Thank you Frances Stoterau and Bob Church for staying with me at the hospital when I would have otherwise been alone...Thank you Kris for helping Frances pack my stuff and Frances thank you for taking care of the hotel bill..thank you (I think) Renee Downs for the lovely flowers...Kim Schilling for caring and calling to check in on me, as well as making arrangements to keep me visited at the hospital..and anyone and everyone that assisted in any way...like i said, the dilaudid is pretty effective in wiping out memory...if I missed your name, I am so sorry. Lemme tell ya, it hurts like a bitch. I apparently had an unknown stress fracture in my right leg - thought it was shin splints and when I turned just the 'right' way(NOT!) it created a spiral fracture in my fib/tib. It also splintered in a significant manner and I believe I have both a plate and pin in my right leg. Dunno how big the scar is either... I don't know yet how I'm getting home - arrangements for the flight have yet to be made (waiting to find out when I can be released), the car I drove to the airport is a stick shift...and how I'm going to get up 3 flights of stairs much less with my bags is another issue - the ferrets are another...I guess we will see when that bridge is ready to be crossed. I'm already over this... Lisa Leidig, Head Ferret Shelter Wench in good standing The Ferret Haven "By-the-Sea" http://www.ferrethaven.org/ [Posted in FML issue 4866]