Foot narrowly escapes disaster
Feb. 18th, 2007 04:44 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helen99In which the gods love me, part umpteen(s)...
We were moving furniture around yesterday and while![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rialian was in the kitchen, I got the inspiration to move the TV table (minus the TV) to the opposite wall. This entailed moving the TV, which I'd done before, so didn't think anything of it. However, as I was moving it this time, something caught on something which tipped something in the wrong direction, and the TV slipped off of the table, and right onto my foot. Now it takes a lot less than a large old-style TV to break the small bones in the instep, so I was certain my foot was toast for the next 6 weeks (crutches, broken foot shoe, the works). I just sat where I was as Rialian hovered over me to make sure I was ok. I was reluctant to move, because I was *sure* it must be broken, and I'd feel the tell-tale sharp pain as soon as I tried to move. I put my head down on the table with my hands over my eyes and just sat there. Rialian told me to walk over to the chair and sit down. I did, and there was only slight pain. While he gathered the (unharmed) TV from the floor and moved the tables the rest of the way, I just sat there, every so often examining my foot for the pretty colors that indicate a broken bone. Nothing. It was kind of sore, so there was no "lack of feeling" to worry about. There was a slight bruise a day later. But nothing else. Now there's a slightly darker bruise, no swelling, and no soreness.
This was about the luckiest episode of a large object falling on someone's foot that I have ever encountered.
We were moving furniture around yesterday and while
rialian was in the kitchen, I got the inspiration to move the TV table (minus the TV) to the opposite wall. This entailed moving the TV, which I'd done before, so didn't think anything of it. However, as I was moving it this time, something caught on something which tipped something in the wrong direction, and the TV slipped off of the table, and right onto my foot. Now it takes a lot less than a large old-style TV to break the small bones in the instep, so I was certain my foot was toast for the next 6 weeks (crutches, broken foot shoe, the works). I just sat where I was as Rialian hovered over me to make sure I was ok. I was reluctant to move, because I was *sure* it must be broken, and I'd feel the tell-tale sharp pain as soon as I tried to move. I put my head down on the table with my hands over my eyes and just sat there. Rialian told me to walk over to the chair and sit down. I did, and there was only slight pain. While he gathered the (unharmed) TV from the floor and moved the tables the rest of the way, I just sat there, every so often examining my foot for the pretty colors that indicate a broken bone. Nothing. It was kind of sore, so there was no "lack of feeling" to worry about. There was a slight bruise a day later. But nothing else. Now there's a slightly darker bruise, no swelling, and no soreness. This was about the luckiest episode of a large object falling on someone's foot that I have ever encountered.