Saturday, June 21, 2008

File this under...

"This Could Only Happen to Me."

I think I broke my little toe.

On a cat.

Before you go thinking I somehow drop-kicked a cat, let me just say, no cats were hurt in the breaking of my toe.

Yesterday morning I was walking down the hall towards my bedroom. Stepped into the bedroom - suddenly little Hazel came zooming by me and did that cat-thing where they crouch and then leap. She did this just as I was moving my left foot forward.

I still don't understand how this is at all possible, but apparently just as she did her crouch thing, my little toe connected with the bone in her backwards-knee position...is any of this making sense?

Anyway - she didn't seem to feel anything, and has acted perfectly normal ever since. In that 8-month old kitten perfectly normal way...leaping, flying around corners, nosing into things she shouldn't.

Meanwhile my little toe has been a deep dark purplish-red for over 24 hours and is sore to the touch. I'm just guessing but I think it's broken.

This could only happen to me.

4 comments:

RiverPoet said...

Oh boy! Well, you'll always have a great story to tell! :-)

Peace - D

Betsy, short for Elizabeth, formally known as Esther said...

Um, YIKES!!! Hope it doesn't hurt too much!

Mozi Esme said...

I'm so sorry! Hope you're feeling better soon! And glad kitty's doing fine . . .

Tee said...

Yep, sounds broken to me. How do I know? Well, I broke my foot and it turned that deep purple color and couldn't stand to touch it. They do put casts on broken feet, but I don't think they do that for broken toes. I know that is painful, makes me hurt to think about it.