What Say You Hospital

Monday was spent both working and sitting around the local hospital for 7 hours, in order to have my foot checked-out. I had expected to wait forever at the hospital, since potential broken bones are at the bottom of the emergency clinic's priority list and one typically has to wait forever anyways (a downside to the "free" health care I am glad Canadians have). Unlike many of the people there, or at least the people who seemed to be in the similar broken-bone category as me, I was feeling very positive and cheery. That is probably more because broken bones and crutches is not something new for me and my job can easily integrate in a foot injury.

After 2 sets of X-rays and 3 interval-visits with an overworked doctor, the consensus at this time is: you probably have a bad bruise/strain, but might also have a broken heal bone...we're not sure. So DON'T YOU DARE put weight on your foot (I think she thought my positive and carefree attitude meant I wasn't going to follow her instructions, hence why she kindly screamed them at me) and we'll wrap it up and you'll need to be back here in 10 days to see an orthopedic specialist.

Woooo!

But wait? Is there a [fake] question for a reader out there? Oh yes there is...why you.... Ya, you over there...what's the question?

Reader: Oh Thomas, I love you so much. Here's my query: knowing how you are such a camera-whore and take pictures of everything, do you have such a picture of you hurting your foot? I would love to add it to my shrine of you...

Oh, thanks devoted [fake] reader. I love you too...and to answer your question: Yes!

This picture was taken moments before I decided it was a great idea to jump, barefoot, down to the ground. I like to think the amazing part of this photo is not the height but my pointed toes. It's all in the pointed toes. One might even say I look very gay in this photo.


The outcome of my fall is now this:


So with the big Easter extended-family dinner coming this weekend, my little accident will the popular topic of discussion regarding who's been the stupidest lately.