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sure there was nothing a doctor could
do other than tell me to immobilize it.
When I got home, Hannah was very
concerned. My whole shoulder was
black from bruising. The ice cooled
the burn I felt in it, and the throbbing
slowed. I took a cloth and wrapped
my arm tightly against me to keep me
from moving it.
I used it as little as possible, but
come Monday morning, I had to
teach. The higher I raised it, the more
it hurt, so I wrote as much as I could
on the lower half of the chalk board.
But by the end of the week I was
beginning to get some more motion in
it.
That next Saturday, besides doing
the regular chores, I also worked on
fixing the horse sheds for winter. I
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