i killed my toe with a door

[rivendellrose]

Early this morning, my cat was a bastard and had to get shut out of the bedroom. Slightly later in the early morning, I heard one of the cats fussing with the door (they reach their paws under the door and pull it with their claws so that it rattles and, incidentally, scratches the paint (and some bits of wood) off the bottom of the door), so I got up to solve the problem. It appeared that it had been Random doing it because he wanted out of the bedroom, so I opened the door for him... right over my left big toe. It hurt, but when I gave it a muzzy in-the-dark look-over it didn't appear to actually be damaged, so I went back to sleep.

'Appear' to be damaged turned out to be the operative part of that sentence. This morning, I awoke to discover that I'd actually bent back a corner of my big toe, causing it to rip a bit and turn white, while the flesh around it was all dark purple and scabbed. Um. Ow.

I went over it with hydrogen peroxide and neosporin and then put a band-aid on, but it hurts like hell. I hope I will not be losing part of my nail, because that would probably freak me the hell out. :P

Anyway. So far this morning we've been to breakfast at one of the really neat restaurants near our place, and then went to Bed Bath & Beyond for some miscellaneous toiletries and to Lush because I was out of the salt scrub that I'm addicted to... and then ended up with a new body moisturizer that I hope will tread the fine line between moisturizing and making me break out. Good times.

Comments

[akashasheiress.livejournal.com]

Ouch! I actually lost an entire nail when I was a kid. Caught my fingers in a door.

My cat totally does the same ''fussing'' thing with doors, or something very much like it.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Oh, owch. I've never lost a nail yet, and the thought of it... eugh! Catching your fingers in a door hurts enough to begin with, but losing a nail...!

Awwwwwww. Yeah, it'd be cute if it weren't so annoying... Sometimes it even sort of sounds like they're knocking.

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

That does sound painful! I hope it heals up quickly.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's feeling a lot better this evening, so I think it'll be okay. :)

[narsilion.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sounds painful, I'm so sorry that happened. Heal quickly Sweety.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It already feels a lot better.

[very-improbable.livejournal.com]

Owwww. I hope it improves quickly. (If it seems not to, I would actually suggest having someone look at it -- I'm solicitous about toes after messing up one of mine a little while back. They don't seem like a big deal until something goes wrong with them...)

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It seems to be doing pretty well so far - already it hurts a lot less than it did this morning, so I've got my fingers crossed it'll heal quickly.

And yeah, I totally get what you mean about being careful. It genuinely looks pretty superficial, but I'll keep a close eye on it nonetheless.