Today ... I didn't go to school.
Saturday I sprained my left ankle and broke my right foot. Lovely. I ended up staying home with swollen feet and did my job seeking skills workbook at home instead.
How did I break my foot??
Here is the story:
Ethan's birthday was on Sunday the 24th and he turned 2! Because he's such a wild little man who loves to run, run, run and play all day long we thought that he would LOVE to go play and run around at the fun park. We were all sorts of excited to take him and just have a fun day with him. It was fun, but it had some not so fun parts as well . . .
Well we got to the fun park and he was a little nervous at first, but after Mart dragged him up to the top and went down the slide with him he thought it was a blast! He would run all over the place and then to the arcade games and push the buttons and then back to the soft play area.
Mart was the one chasing Ethan around the soft play and was starting to get worn out so I told him I'd go play with Ethan for a while. I was all excited to go run around and play with him so I grabbed his hand and we headed in. Well the soft play area is kind of dark and it's super full of squishy padding to help protect the little kiddos. We got in and around the first corner and Ethan bolted for the opening to a slide. There were a zillion kids running around and I didn't want him to get pegged so I lunged to grab him. As I did so, I fell off a step and onto the 6"-10" thick foam padding. Because it was padded and not hard ground I wasn't able catch myself and my feet just crumpled below me. I heard 4-5 pops in both feet and went dizzy and sort of blacked out for about 5 seconds.
When I came to, I first looked to see where Ethan was and he was just standing there watching me. After a minute or two I realized that I was able to stand and took Ethan's hand and started walking up the ramp in front of me. As I rounded the corner I called for Mart to come and help me. He came up to get me and saw the tears running down my cheeks and knew something was wrong. We got back down and to a bench and within minutes my feet were crazy swollen, but I was still able to walk.
I still had to go to walmart to pick up a few things for Ethan's birthday so I had to rely heavily on the cart to keep walking. I refused to use the wheelchairs, they would make me feel like an idiot. After walmart, we headed to find something to eat. My baby boy was so hungry and was getting antsy. We decided to go try the new fox's pizza place. They were so good to us. Ethan has been super picky and only eats select things ... like soup. They don't sell soup but had a sample batch in the back that they were testing out so they could start selling it. They pulled it out and warmed it up so he could eat it. After we were finished there, he was running all over the room and was being really pretty good. Mart told him to go wait by the door so he did. After a second, he figured out how to open the door and ran outside. Just as he was about to hit the parking area he stopped and turned around to see if we were chasing him. He thought it was a fun game. Just as he turned around to look at us a car drove by. If he hadn't stopped to turn around he would have been hit by that car. There was no way they would have seen him coming either, two cars were blocking him from their vision. Just after the car passed, he turned and bolted toward the lee's parking lot. That kid is fast too! He's probably one of the fastest little kids I've ever seen.
I started screaming "OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH!" and everyone turned to look at me and Mart took off after him. In that second my adrenaline kicked in and I totally forgot my foot was in crazy pain and I started running after him too. I'm so thankful that he paused for that one brief second to turn around to look for us, I can't even imagine my 2 year old getting hit by a car like that. Martin and I about had a heart attack and are hearts were racing the entire way home.
It was definitely an eventful birthday celebration, and one I will probably never forget.
After getting home and checking out my feet, I was able to assess the damage. I'm pretty sure the left ankle is just sprained. It's huge and purple, but not so bad. I'm also pretty sure my left foot probably has 1 if not more than 1 fracture in my toe bones on the top of my foot. My toes are turning dark purple and both of my ankles are purple and bruised. Most people if they hurt their ankle only hurt one so they have one to fall back on. Sadly that was not my case.
Anyway, they are still huge and sore but I'm doing alright. Here are some pictures:
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