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luxer (loox-ay) verb
: to dislocate
luxer l'épaule = to dislocate one's shoulder
avoir l'épaule luxée = to have a dislocated shoulder
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Samedi matin, j'ai fait un faux mouvement et je me suis luxé l'épaule. Saturday morning, after an awkward movement, I dislocated my shoulder.
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A Day in a French Life…
by Kristin Espinasse
In the emergency room parking lot there were people picking cherries! This, I decided, was a good sign–and not at all the atmosphere of panic that I had imagined. If all went well, we, too, would be picking cherries before long….
I drove up to the ER entrance, turned off the engine, and hurried around the car to open the passenger door, unbuckle my husband's seat belt, and help him out of the vehicle.
"Amène mon sac et mon portable,"* Jean-Marc instructed, before making his way, painstakingly, to the building.
By the time I had parked the car and entered the ER Jean-Marc was nowhere in sight, but had already been whisked away, into the entrails of l'hôpital.* The prompt secours,* I realized, was due to his injury: une luxation de l'épaule*; this, due to a faux mouvement* (an elbow-turned-all-arm jerk in response hitting his funny bone.* Talk about a freak accident!
The last time he ended up in the ER (after he slipped at the beach in a similar freak accident) he was, surprisingly, admitted before the other accidentés*: those arm-clutching, anguished-faced, crying, and hiccuping patients that waited their turn for treatment. That's when I learned that a dislocated shoulder takes priority over, say, a feverish and howling baby or drunkenness (and the bobos* that ensue…).
On this, our most recent visit to the ER, I was as prepared as usual, c'est-à-dire,* still scrambling for paperwork after the receptionist requested "La Carte d'Identité et Carte Vitale,* s'il vous plaît". Rummaging through my husband's briefcase, I found his Carte Electorale.*
"Will this do… for now?" I asked, waving the card. The receptionist looked doubtful, but collected the voting card in order to copy down the holder's name.
"How about this?" I asked, handing over Jean-Marc's Carte Nationale de Donneur de Sang Bénévole".* When the receptionist shook her head, I flipped over the blood-donor card and offered:
"0+. He is 0 plus… in case that helps!" The receptionist once again offered a doubtful look, which got me wondering what my own blood type was. Never mind, back to rooting through the briefcase.
This time I found a Carte Fidélité* from our local pizzeria, Léo Pizza, and noticed that we were due for a free pie sometime soon. Perhaps tonight, come to think of it! We might need one; after all, who knows how long this ER wait will be? I shoved the card into my pocket and continued my search.
"Et voilà! ça y est. Trouvées!"* I announced, triumphantly handing over both the pink driver's license and the green insurance card.
"Merci," the receptionist replied, before asking me to patienter* in the salle d'attente.*
I greeted the others in the waiting room, "Bonjour Messieurs-Dames"*. There was a family of five, including a young couple, their toddler, and the grandparents. A man in sweats sat alone, crutches at his side. Another large family, the silent women wearing headscarves and long satin jackets, over long pants, sat facing me. I wasn't sure whether to exchange eye contact or not, out of respect for customs. That's when my husband's iPhone rang and, pushing every "button" imaginable, I couldn't manage to answer it. I looked over at the women wearing headscarves, who had trouble hiding their amusement at my predicament. A little comic relief seemed to be a welcome change.
One very sad looking woman was called into the ER room and I wondered whether she was on her way to see her own husband, or perhaps a child… I hoped she would return with a relieved look on her face.
An hour passed and the sad women did not return but two other women, dressed in blue uniforms, came out only to disappear into another room. One of them had hair the same color as her uniform and, for some reason, this lightened my mood. To me, any connection between Smurf blue hair and bad news was impossible or, rather, a wearer of Smurf blue hair would not be a deliverer of bad news. Now if only those women would return before my mind continued with its off-the-wall, or simply anxious, associations.
Another hour passed. I looked out the great windows to the ER parking lot, and those cherry trees, and wondered whether I might do as the others: pick berries! What's the use of waiting and worrying?
Just then, someone called my name. "Madame Espinasse? Vous pouvez venir." I followed the voice into the back room where my husband was en route, via stretcher, to a resting room. He was torso nu* save for an elastic upper-body brace.
"Il a le sourire maintenant,"* the doctor said and I flashed the same–along with a few twinkling eyes of encouragement–back to my husband.
"Il paraît que ça fait très mal," I said to the doctor, not knowing what else to say, besides merci beaucoup.
"Oh, oui!" she confirmed, showing me the X-rays, which made me shudder. So that's what a dislocated shoulder looks like?
"Just how did you get it back in place?" I questioned.
"It took five of us to do so!" the doctor answered, admitting that she was not the only one to take credit.
Back in the ER parking lot, I pointed out to Jean-Marc that the cherry trees were ripe for picking. "These are not cherry trees," my husband corrected, his speech a bit slow (was it the morphine?). "Ce sont des mûriers."*
What a pleasure, after all, to discover les mûriers!–or to identify them, at least. I may not have known the difference between a cherry and a mulberry tree, but quiz me on blood types… group A, group B, AB and O… and I can now tell you which one belongs to my on-the-mend fellow.
***
Corrections, comments–and stories of your own–always welcome and appreciated. Merci!
~~~~~~~~~~~~French Vocabulary~~~~~~~~~~
Note: no glossary today… I ran out of time due to this edition's deadline! Please look up the terms (below) and note them down, here. Many thanks for your help!
Terms to look up & share:
Amène mon sac et mon portable
l'hôpital
secours
une luxation de l'épaule
funny bone (in French)
accidenté(e)
faux mouvement
bobo
c'est-à-dire
Carte d'Identité
Carte Vitale
Carte Electorale
Et voilà! ça y est. Trouvées
Carte Nationale de Donneur de Sang Bénévole
Carte Fidélité
patienter
salle d'attente
Bonjour Messieurs-Dames
torso nu
il a le sourire maintenant
mûrier
Please report any misspelled or missing words. Thanks so much!
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Chambre de luxe for a luxated shoulder!
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la verrerie = glass factory, glass-making shop; glassware
une secousse = jolt, bump (train, car), jerk; shock
poupard / pouparde = chubby-cheeked => poupard (noun) = chubby baby
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Luxer – there’s a word I didn’t know.
It makes me think back to a few weeks ago when my son shattered his wrist. I looked up the word in French to make sure I was explaining it correctly to my French colleagues, but I just didn’t think that “briser” truly represented the gravity of the situation.
I think the same thing about luxer. They both sound to pretty to represent pain.
Feel better, Jean Marc
Bonjour
J’espare que Jean Marc est bien bientot. (Je ne parle francais bien.)Tes histoires sont tres drole. Je les aime.
Quel histoire, dans les coulisses des urgences! Bon courage Jean-Marc pour une guérison rapide.
Aïe!! Quelle horreur. Bonne guérison, Jean-Marc. Vous avez l’air très calme dans la photo…et en plaine forme [toussoter]. : )
Kristin, this lends a whole new meaning to “Here we go ’round the mulberry bush, the mulberry bush…” Bon courage!
A couple years ago my small family and I had the fortune to visit france for a couple weeks. One evening we were going up the metro stairs in paris when my two year old began to throw a fit. I was holding her hand and she dropped to the ground. To my horror, she popped her arm out of the socket. In my tourist french we found a hospital and waited to be seen. I was terrified, didnt’ know how to explain her injury, no one could speak english, and i didn’t know how it “worked” to use the er in another country. We had a miracle though, while in the waiting room she did something funky with her body and it popped back in. such relief! we said merci! and left. I wish I would have known the french word for “dislocated!” It was funny to find out this way. thanks for sharing.
So glad to hear Jean Marc is on the mend again after his shoulder dislocation… you will both be very relieved to be back home from many hours at the hospital. Hope your family spoil you for a little while Jean Marc…I think you deserve it!
Ouaf! So sorry for your misfortune, and I hope you are well on the mend. The best part for you so far is NO SURGERY! Enjoy your convalescence as long as the family allows!
I hope you feel better soon, J-M. I hear this injury is extremely painful. Be sure to baby your shoulder for a while! I saw a couple of posts from Houston. I also live in Houston and tried to see you on your last visit but everything was sold out by the time I was able to inquire. Hope to see you on your next trip. Patty
Best wishes and speedy recovery to you both… Jean-Marc et Kristin!
So Sorry, Jean-Marc, but be so thankful that you did not tear your rotor cuff, that would be most difficult to repair so quickly! Let the grapes do their thing, and rest well!
Jean-Marc, sending healing vibrations your way! How big of you to let Kristin take your picture! Best wishes, Lorrie
I could barely stand to read about this procedure to correct your shoulder. Hopefully everything is back to normal now?
By the way, Kristin is very funny in these situations. She gets the job done and is there for you but I can tell she flutters about with nervous energy looking for the levity in each bleak situation. She really makes me smile.
All the best for a speedy recovery.
Jean-Marc,
Je suis désolée d’apprendre les conséquences fâcheuses et douloureuses de ce faux mouvement! Cinq personnes pour te remettre l’épaule en bonne place? Ohlala! La photo est rassurante tout de même car on sait que tu viens d’avoir eu un super traitement.
Une fois sorti de l’auberge, tu avais toutes les bonnes raisons du monde pour te faire dorloter par Kristin et les enfants et j’espère que tu as profité des petits soins et des gentillesses de chacun.
Que tout aille pour le mieux et que cette épaule te laisse en paix!
Vas-y doucement!
Allez! On lève le verre et on trinque à… ton épaule!
Kristin,
There is often a funny side in the most awful situation. Looking for “la Carte d’Identité et la Carte Vitale” did make me smile. So typical! Hope you and your dear Jean-Marc went “chez Léo” and made good use of “la Carte Fidélité”!
PS → Ahah! You will never take a “cerisier” for a “mûrier” any more. That’s for sure!
A very good day to both of you!
Good timing, thank goodness, it’s not AUGUST, great pic as always much good healing, Best to you and yours. LOU BOGUE
A friend’s son has dislocated his shoulder several times. He knows now how to talk his friends through/into putting it back in for him.
Ouch! It’s evidently very painful so long as it is out of place. If he has to go somewhere, there is more time involved, etc.
I can’t imagine knowing how to do this.
Hope this does not put you out of action for wine production! Hope you manage to get going again soon.
Might see if I can get my French born daughter who has been working on a wine estate in Stellenbosch to come and encourage your bien-etre.
Alice Halliday
I know from experience that the angels sing once the shoulder is popped back into place and the pain finally ratchets down. Here’s hoping you *never* have to go through that again!
Best wishes from New York,
Mike and Linda
I thought I should clear up something regarding Braise. It was my very own idea to allow her to have babies and experience motherhood.
Once Braise has babies, and most preferably with a Golden Retreiver male, we will have her fixed.
Regarding the puppies, it is our plan to find happy homes and we already have some people on the list.
Hey Man,
You received the proper treatment for a dislocated shoulder, which can be hard to get back into place due to your massive muscles. I was glad to see they took an x-ray, because that is good treatment to be sure their are ho bone fragments in the joint which would cause further problems, and perhaps surgery.
Get well soon and you need physical therapy after the shoulder feels better, to get the muscles back into shape.
Jim Pickens, MD
drpickens@hotmail.com
Jean Marc,
Quel dommage! (Je voudrais ecriver en francais mais je n’est pas un “keyboard” avec les accents, etc. Je m’excuse!)
Je suis desolate que vous vous demis l’epaule! Je sais que cela doit avoir ete tres penible. Je suis content it est fixe et l’espar vous aurez lieu le fait reparer bientot! C’est bonne chance que vous avez le famille pour vous aider avec les vignobles. Les choses seront mieux.
La reste et profite du bon temps. mon mari a envoye aussi. Il est un docteur and Je suis une infirmiere, ainsi nous voulons envoyer le conseil it synpathie!
votre amie, Barbara Pickens
Jean-Marc,
A speedy recovery to you and all your fans – and others – who have suffered injuries this Spring. Be thankful it’s an upper extremity, although your vines will need your one-arm attention over the next weeks for thier care and feeding. Lower extremities are truly disruptive, as you can’t even get to the vines. My hope is that you were having a great time when your injury occured. PS: We have really enjoyed the few bottles of Mistral we were able to get in Seattle.
Jean-Marc,
Wishing you a speedy and full recovery!
Tonight, I’m going to open the last bottle of your wine that I have, that I bought when you were in New York, and make a toast to your good health!
Now I’ll have to go buy some more next week, and would prefer to toast your full recovery! Feel better!
Fantastic and inspirational posting. I love your blog and judging by the commentary you have a great list of followers. Will bookmark this site and keep updated..cheers!
Your poor shoulder! I hope you are all better now or soon will be.
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