all throw rugs were subsequently removed from her floors by stephanie , who comes in three times a week ( not , unfortunately , today ) , but this precaution had not prevented ruby from tripping on the white shag wall-to-wall carpeting shed indulged in after the kids had all grown up and left home ( the very carpet on which she now lies , waiting resignedly for rescue ) and crashing to the floor , cracking her pelvis and incidentally separating her right shoulder .