Mary Hurt Her Foot :(

A couple of weeks before Christmas, Mary was carrying a couple of Marinelli's bottles out to the garage in a grocery bag so they could chill. One of the bags broke and it fell directly onto her big toe. She was not wearing shoes at the time and this was on the cement floor in the garage. Not a good combination. This has resulted in a lot of pain and discomfort and a limp that is still very present. She went and say a foot specialist in Everett (hooray for Dr. Nishimoto from Mays Pond Ward!) and both her tendon and her ligament separated from the bone on her big toe. Surprisingly, however, she did not break her toe! But the healing of these separations takes a while... a long while it seems. She saw Dr. Nishimoto again last week and there has been progress but not much. She has very little ability to move any of her toes on her left foot at all right now, though that is improving a little at a time. She is in a walking boot and the injury causes her a fair amount of soreness and discomfort and is still very sensitive to any kind of touch or contact. Poor woman!



Mary is a very active woman/wife/mom, etc and so it has been hard for her to be less so at times. However, during the recent snowstorm we had when I was home for a whole week (minus 5 hours of work) she had a legitimate excuse to stay inside bundled up and read books 6 and 7 of the Harry Potter series (for the first time) within a couple of days. She didn't mind being responsible for getting me and the kids hot cocoa twice a day and keeping the fire going while she got to sit inside and read, read, read. I have also taken over all grocery shopping since this has happened, which is fine and I try to follow her lists carefully :)

While things of this nature are certainly frustrating and inconvenient, they are a part of life. I'm glad this happened in December, when we spend much more time indoors anyway due to the weather, than in, say, May or June. Hopefully this will heal in time for us to enjoy the beautiful Spring/Summer/Fall that we can hardly wait for. You may notice that upcoming posts related to fun outdoors stuff exclude Mary... this is the reason for that. Get better soon!