I have a really good one happening right now. We are in the process of updating our counter tops and back splash. They installed the new countertops on a Friday, but the plumber wasn't available to reconnect the plumbing until Monday.
DH decides to try to hook it up himself, because we had already been without water in the kitchen for a week, and to save the plumbing costs. (He is fairly handy so not a terrible idea.) However, it turns out they cut the holes for the faucet and soap dispenser too close to the wall and the wood piece at the back of the cabinet will have to be chiseled out for them to fit. In the process of trying to force things to fit, he somehow catches the edge of the cabinet between two ribs, twists wrong and injures them. After 3 days of pain, he finally has me take him to the emergency room ($150.00), where they take x-rays and say they are just bruised and prescribe pain meds and rest for a few days.
The next day he coughs while walking down the hall, hears and feels a loud pop in his back and goes to the floor screaming in pain, so back to the emergency room (another $150.00) where they take more x-rays and say, oh yeah, your ribs are broken, take more pain pills and rest. He is taking the pain pills for several days and starts complaining that his stomach is not feeling well (it is making lots of noise and hurting a lot) so I suggest that he go see his regular doctor since they told him he should do a follow up at the emergency room.
Fortunately, his regular doctor was able to see him the next day. He goes to the appointment, the doctor probes around and tells him to immediately go get a CT scan at the hospital. He goes for the CT scan, which takes forever because the machine breaks, they finally fix it, finish the scan and he is told they will call him later with the results. Since now it is late afternoon, he stops to pick up some dinner and is headed home when the hospital calls and tells him to come back immediately for surgery to remove his appendix. Since he is almost home, he calls me to tell me to be ready to drive him back to the hospital.
We go back to the hospital where they put him on IV antibiotics and schedule him for surgery the next day. So yesterday he had his appendix removed, which fortunately, they were able to do laparoscopically. So now I have a grumpy DH who just had surgery, has 2 broken ribs, and on top of everything else, is having a somewhat rare side effect from the anesthesia where all of his muscles are extremely sore and cramping....aaaaaaand we still had to pay the plumber!
drops mic....