Someone loses a toe!
That someone being me, and well not really a complete toe but chunks of it! Yuck!
On Friday night my youth and I were playing games in the dark, because I like to be stealthy I took my shoes and socks off and rolled my pants up so no one would hear my rustling as I snuck around. In full sprint trying to get away from the person pursuing me(Ben) I ran full throttle into our church stairs. That stopped me alright..my right foot tingled and then I thought "RUN"- So I got up and proceeded to run through the church, finally I realised that my foot was quite warm and felt wet..I turned on a light to discover "bloood!!! everywhere!"
The next while is much of a blur as my youth held my hands, while I screamed..ben doing first aid and some youth mopping up my "bloody mess"- I thought..it cannot be so bad but I was informed it was..Emergency room here we come.
Emergency rooms are a joke may I add.. I think if I walked in with only half of my head connected they would kindly say "take a number please"- I would persist I needed assistance and they would respond "It's protocol take a number.." - I don't want to dis the hospital for I was treated quite kindly but it is just interesting to watch people react to their pain/discomfort.
After an hour they moved me..just into a "new" waiting room I think just to trick all of us to thinking were getting somewhere..an hour and a half later...a room..and hour after that..an x ray..thirty mins after that..PAINFUL needle in foot..me screaming/la la la laing to not freak out little ones still waiting..then the stitches..and the removal of my toe nail which was really non existent...so that was my Friday.
I now have gauze on my foot, a mad limp and pain, lots of it..plus the reality that my toe is like hamburger, stitches on both sides and no nail with not a lot of hope of it growing back...but to think of a positive and to quote my daddy "It's sure a long way from your heart!"
He's right....and I have never had stitches so that was a new experience....
God is good...
Toes are optional...
Being taken care of by my very youth - priceless! & AMEN!
4 comments:
I know all about hamburger toe! When a pontoon boat fell on my foot they told me that my nail likely wouldn't come back...I showed them! It started growing within two weeks I think. Hopefully yours will do the same.
oh my!
games in the dark with youth usually ends with someone getting stitches...Way to take one for your team!
Love you walsh.
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I can identify with a bit of this process and who knew that part was so sensitive hey? Anyway hope it heals well. Love and hugs. I miss you! Wish you were closer, I'd help look after you!
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