Hey, hey, hey! How are you guys today? All is well over here! Yesterday we celebrated Ryan’s birthday and I hobbled around with a freshly broken pinky toe.
A lovely mix of fun and pain!
(Note: There’s a creepy pic of my toe below so you may want to skip this one if you are squeamish!)
As you may have seen on Snapchat (username: juliepbfingers), on Tuesday night, I ended up at urgent care after I seriously smashed my pinky toe in the door jam right off our kitchen. I was rushing to pick Chase up as he was crawling toward some blog photography stuff I had set up on the floor and according to the doctor at urgent care, I was one of two “motherhood related injuries” who came into see him that day. Eek!
When the injury happened, I don’t remember feeling pain. It hurt but not horribly… The pain seemed to be delayed (thank you, adrenaline) and my toe began to throb a few minutes later. Honestly, the pain wasn’t the biggest issue at first… It was the appearance of my toe that got to me!
The moment I looked down and saw my pinky toe going rogue and pointing out to the right, I felt extremely light headed and thought I might pass out. Thankfully Ryan was home from work, so I laid down on the couch while he went into overdrive, grabbing Chase and bringing me my sandals (and a bra because who wears a bra at home?) so we could quickly drive to urgent care. They ended up taking X-rays of my toe (SO painful because they had to separate it for the side angle) and then said it needed to be reset. After two shots of anesthesia in my toe, the doctor reset it (thankfully the anesthesia prevented me from feeling any pain – bless that miracle drug) and taped it to its toe neighbor.
We made it home about 90 minutes later and even though I didn’t sleep very well Tuesday night, I was happy to be on the road to recovery.
Wednesday
On Wednesday morning, I woke up to a throbbing toe but thankfully breakfast and coffee (and a side of Motrin) helped a bit. I ate a small bowl of overnight oats and made myself a mug of coffee with collagen and whole milk to enjoy while I caught up on emails.
When I heard Chase begin to stir upstairs, I quickly whipped up a smoothie for us to share (a big cup for me and a Lollacup for Chase) and combined whole milk, spinach, blueberries, almond butter, avocado and frozen banana. Chase wanted nothing to do with his highchair yesterday morning so he got breakfast on the go while I followed him around and gave him lots of sneaky smoothie sips until he was ready for a Greek yogurt whole wheat muffin in the high chair.
(Yes, I know we’re overdue for Chase’s first haircut but I just can’t bring myself to do it yet and continue to swipe his bangs to the side all day long. Someday soon!)
I actually got the idea for this particular smoothie combination thanks to the smoothie bar at Whole Foods. I had a lunch date with some girlfriends there last Friday and Chase loooved the smoothie I ordered for him so I’ve recreated it at home a few times since!
A workout wasn’t in the cards for me yesterday so our morning was a bit more relaxed than usual. I honestly felt bad that Chase had to miss time with his gym childcare buddies (he seriously gets so excited to see everyone and smiles and waves as we enter BBC every morning) but I tried to make morning playtime at home fun with goofy games and several rounds of fetch outside with Sadie.
After two weeks of horrible naps, Chase’s twice-a-day naps returned over the weekend and have been going strong throughout the week. I guess that means we’re in for more naptime battles in the future but I’ll take this brief reprieve while I have it! During Chase’s morning nap, I took some time to do some behind the scenes blog work (invoicing, following up with contracts and spreadsheet stuff I hate) and then planned out a few workouts for a workout photo shoot I had the calendar with Stacey this afternoon. Apparently I was feeling optimistic about my toe’s condition at this point yesterday but by the end of the day I had to cancel our shoot because reality set in and I realized there is no way I can do 95 percent of the exercises I had planned for her to photograph. Bummer!
Once Chase was up from his nap, we ate lunch together before it was time for Gymboree!
(Chase looks so guilty in the above pic! Guilty of what I have no idea, but it looks like I caught him red-handed doing something mischievous.)
I truly look forward to Gymboree every week because Chase seems to have the best time exploring and playing and I get to sneak in some quality time with my girlfriends who have little ones right around his age, too! Gymboree was a blast as usual and after class we hightailed it home for a snack before I had a 2 p.m. appointment with an orthopedic doctor.
Jacksonville, Florida was one of the areas evacuated yesterday due to safety concerns surrounding Hurricane Matthew (please, please stay safe out there, my friends!) and so my family is making their way up here to Charlotte a few days earlier than originally planned for our Asheville vacation next week. My mom arrived just before my doctor’s appointment which was perfect timing. She stayed with Chase while I headed out for my follow-up appointment.
I thought I’d be in and out in no time but the appointment ended up taking a solid two hours and involved two additional rounds of X-rays and another resetting of my pinky toe. Not fun at all.
Apparently the resetting done at the urgent care clinic left a bit to be desired, so the orthopedic doctor did it again yesterday and even though I didn’t watch (I don’t have the stomach for that), I heard my toe click into place as he reset it again. Once again, I found myself feeling very grateful for the two shots of anesthesia I got in my toe. Ooph.
I was told to wrap my pinky toe to three or four other toes (apparently it REALLY wants to pull right) for four weeks and I have a follow up appointment in a week and a half. My road to recovery looks like it will be longer than anticipated but we’ll get there. Who knew all this hullabaloo could surround a tiny toe!?
I’d show you a pic of the bruising and newly taped up toe but I think we’ve reached capacity for foot pics in this particular blog post.
I didn’t make it home from the doctor until after 4 p.m. when Chase was just beginning to wake up from his 60-minute afternoon nap. My mom and I fed him dinner and entertained him until Ryan arrived home from work and the two of us took advantage of my mom’s offer to babysit Chase and headed out on a birthday dinner date!
We began our meal with drinks at eeZ (wine for me and sake for Ryan) and shared an appetizer of tuna wonton nachos before digging into an assortment of sushi rolls for dinner.
It was so nice to have a night out with the birthday boy and relax over drinks and dinner. We wanted to prolong Ryan’s birthday date as long as possible and walked (well, limped in my case) over to Kilwin’s for ice cream for dessert.
If you happen to live near a Kilwin’s you must try their marshmallow s’mores ice cream. The best!
We made it home after the sun went down and wrapped up Ryan’s birthday with presents! Happy Birthday, Ryan! I love you so much!
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Ah! So on my brother’s 16th birthday I think, he has just opened his gifts and was about to take his new xbox game up to his room to play and as he is going up the stairs he trips and breaks his toe…on his birthday! He passed out from the pain :/ So terrible!
no way! poor guy!!
U know same thing happened to me on April 1 my daughter birthday was April 1 and I started Cleaning around 11pm I got injured same way lol around 11:30 after the party was over it was my left foot it was like urs but more out was soo scary I was screaming
Oh my gosh your poor toe!!!!! I hope it feels better soon!!! And glad you and Ryan were able to enjoy a nice date night out!! Happy Birthday to him!
-Sarah http://www.thefrugalmillionaireblog.com
Your poor toe! But you’re certainly s trooper! Happy birthday to Ryan and I hope your toe is better soon!
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Ouch! That looks so painful! Any chance you can give me the amounts you use in Chase’s smoothie? This sounds Perugia my two year old who refuses vegetables ?
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Your poor toe! I hope this won’t interfere with your vacation plans.
Happy birthday for Ryan! That toe looks painful! My mom once broke her toe as well and when she saw it wasn’t in place she reset it herself without thinking. The doctor was really impressed that she did it herself. He didn’t have to do anything expect for taping it. I think I would faint if this happened to me. I hope it heals soon!
I’m so sorry about your toe! I broke my pinky toe several years ago (actually I broke it the same way as you only I was carrying laundry not running after a baby haha!) and I was shock just how much it hurt and hindered my day to day movement.
I’ve broken both of my pinky toes (not at the same time thankfully). It’s amazing how so much pain can come from something so small. Hope you have a quick recovery!!!
Ouch! Hope you have a speedy recovery! The is completely random, but I wonder when you can wear right pair shoes again you’ll feel a difference in wear to the left. Completely random I know!
Happy Birthday to Ryan and hope all your Florida family and friends are okay with the hurricane. It was sad reading the news this morning on Haiti and Cuba getting hit hard.
I did the same thing to my pinky toe when I was a teenager. I was fighting with my younger brother and did it chasing him into the bathroom and caught my toe on the door jam. In my case, the skin was torn too, so I had to get a couple of stitches where the toe joins the foot on the bottom of the foot.
Hi! I broke my pinky toe around this this time last year and I was super bummed because I missed out on all the awesome fall running weather. It was surprisingly painful and actually put me out of commission for a while. Who woulda thought you needed your pinky toe so much! I also injured it in a completely ridiculous way – in YOGA! I was coming from downward dog into a lunge and along the way, my pinky toe caught one of the blocks and it must have been just the perfect angle since those blocks weigh nothing!! Get well soon!
I was also just injured only days after my birthday! Nothing like a birthday and an injury to remind us of how old we’re getting :/ Ever since, I’ve been mourning the loss of my running routine. I tried to soften the blow by writing a blog post about it and getting some humor out of a trip to the ER and multiple stitches (writing about injury seems to be cathartic, doesn’t it?) http://betterthanalive.com/falling-while-running/ Best wishes for a fast recovery!
Diana
betterthanalive.com
I’m sorry about your toe! Hope it heals quickly! I did however jump with excitement when I read you are taking a trip to Asheville! We are going the week after next so I will be anxiously awaiting a recap! Are you planning on doing any hiking there and do you know where, if so? Have fun!
Oh my goodness your poor toe!!! “motherhood related injuries” hahaha, so funny, but so not! I’m glad you got it all taken care of, I know it was so miserable!! My husband’s birthday was yesterday too! What a great day! I hope your FL family is staying safe, and they were all able to get out in time 🙂 LOVE Kilwin’s….their cake batter ice cream is a DREAM!
Julie, your hair is always so gorgeous! Can you please share what type of curling iron you use?? Fingers crossed for a speedy toe recovery! 🙂
hope your toe heals quickly!! happy birthday to ryan
OH NO! Your toe 🙁 So sorry to hear that. It’s crazy how tiny the pinky toe is and how much pain it can bring. Too funny – we almost went to EEZ sushi last night. We went to sushi at the lake instead! Happy birthday to Ryan!
Feel better soon! Would love a more quantity related recipe for that smoothie so I can try it on my 1 year old! Also how are you liking your balliage? I have been considering getting it but was unsure how it would alter my hairs texture.
Oh the joys of the ugly orthopedic shoe! Been there. I hope you’re out of it & all healed up soon.
Your hair always looks so good! How do you curl it like that?
It’s always the smallest body part that cause the most pain. Stubbed toes, teeth, it’s ironic. It sounds like you’re being taken care of well though, I hope it’s feeling better soon.
Oh my goodness! I’m so sorry, foot injuries are the worst! It’s amazing how debilitating even a “small” injury can be! Hope you recover quickly:)
I broke my toe two years ago while visiting the Grand Canyon and boy does it ever hurt. I had a boot also I had to wear. When someone would ask what I did, after hearing the reply I broke a toe, there response was “oh.” I wanted to scream “It hurts sooo bad.” haha
Happy Birthday Ryan!!
Ouch on your toe. 😮
Gotta say you had me cracking up throughout this post! But I hope the toe heals quickly!
I broke my little toe several years ago on my child’s little tikes slide while rushing around. And sprained the foot I hit it so hard. I went down instantly from the pain and freaked when I looked down and saw the toe just like yours, off to the side. Without thinking I pressed it inward firmly a couple times and it stayed. Off to urgent care and orthopedic doc later, who said I did a good job resetting it! Ha. Must have been a cleaner break than yours was. Still, was surprised how painful the whole experience was and my foot actually didn’t feel completely back to normal for like a year! The foot itself seemed to hurt worse than the toe. Hope you will recover nicely and quickly! Enjoy your time with your family-was thinking they would be having to evacuate. We are in Columbia, SC so are having a lot of evacuees come into our area from the coast.
You poor thing! I hope you feel better soon! ~Ginna GinnaandTonic.com
Oh gosh! Feel better soon!
Cara Fritz
http://www.ravishingrevamp.com/
Oh man, I feel for you. I dropped my son’s highchair on my big toe 3.5 weeks ago and had to have blood drained from the toe and then a boot for 3 weeks. It’s still buddy taped for another 2 weeks but I can honestly say the needles to the toe to drain the blood were more painful than any of my 3 labors and deliveries ? hope you heal soon!
I broke the same pinky toe (mine veered to the right too – ew!) over 4th of July weekend and was shocked by how much it hurt and how long it took for it to feel better. I kept thinking, but it’s just a pinky toe?!?!? Hang in there and be patient during the recovery process. I kept trying to rush it in my workouts and semi re-injured it multiple times. I went to the gym with a sandal on that foot for a couple of weeks because wearing sneakers was torture! I hope your recovery goes more quickly than mine, but know you’re not crazy or a wimp if it takes a while!
i hope your toe is feeling better soon! such a bummer :/ glad you guys could still enjoy a date night!
xoxo
Yikes! I’m so sorry to hear you hurt your toe! You’re a trooper. I’ve had to limp around in both a foot cast and a full boot before, and although it’s not fun, you’ll be surprised at how fast you’ll get to be in no time! You’ll do great! Glad you had a good ortho team looking over you. Side note: cycling (recumbent bike) is your new exercise friend during this time. It puts very little pressure on your foot, and you can do it (without the bike straps) in your new ortho shoe. Trust me – I did it in casts and braces! Then you can work your upper body separately. A temporary break from combo exercises.
Happy birthday to Ryan! Looks like a fun dinner date. 🙂
Happy b-day Ryan!
I’m so sorry to hear about your toe! 🙁 I broke my pinky a few years ago (it didn’t go all cock-eyed on me like yours did tho!), & it was SO painful! Someone suggested I tape it to the others, & there was just no way! Thankfully it happened in the summertime so I could just wear flip flops. I was able to put tennis shoes on & run again after a couple weeks, but I hate to tell you the pain didn’t go away fully for about a year. Now when I say that, it was nowhere near bad, but I def had to be delicate when washing my toes in shower, for example. It was just very surprising to me that a year later I still noticed some discomfort. Hopefully your experience is much different (I’m guessing having it reset & taped will make for a quicker recovery). I hope it doesn’t damper your vacay too much. Such a bummer! 🙁
Happy Birthday Ryan! And sorry about your toe Julie…I was a bit light headed just looking at the picture of your toe! And your ‘who wears a bra at home’ comment made me chuckle. The bra is one of the first things that comes off when I get home haha
I had some toe woes back in July as well in the midst of my half-marathon training. I bashed my foot on a chair that my mom left way out while going through the kitchen in the dark, and while it hurt, I thought that it would be fine the next day. I nearly started crying the morning when I realized that I could barely walk on it, let alone run! My parents are both in healthcare, so I knew to buddy-tape it.
It took me about two weeks for get back into running, but in the meantime I used the bike and elliptical to try and keep up my fitness, and had to modify skip certain exercises to avoid putting weight on it. I also iced it like a fiend for a good month, and would work on flexing my toes to get rid of the stiffness. I definitely was limping for a while and it was so rough to have to walk slower!
Thankfully my foot is all better now and I met my time goal for my half-marathon the other week!
I’m so glad your parents are safe & sound with you in North Carolina. The weather on the east coast of Florida is quickly deteriorating.
It’s amazing how important all our toes are isnt it? I apparently stress fractured right under my big toe, such an important toe and it has been a journey on the road to recovery. Thankfully I took the advice from runners (of which I am not) and got a PT after getting my shoe off because I had to work some serious strength back up. I just finished my second week of PT and am hopeful that I will be done with it soon. Though I have enjoyed all the fun toys (workout equipment) at PT and plan to incorporate aome of the exercises into my routine afterwards. I hope your road to recovery goes smoothly and enjoy your upcoming vacation.
Omg that looks so painful!! I hope your toe heals quickly!
When I saw your picture on snap chat, I truly thought you used some crazy filter as a joke. I can’t imagine how painful that must of been, but you don’t seem to have missed a beat since your injury.
I hope you recover quickly!!!
OH man poor you! I always dread breaking a toe or finger because although small, it’s still such a hassle to heal! I hope you have a speedy recovery and at least you can do some cardio with one leg? lol on a bike ? Or rower…..chasing a toddler might be enough though!!!
At least you got to drown your sorrows on a date night! 🙂
Ouch, I hope your toe feels better soon! Also, I am glad I am not the only one who has had to rush to put on a bra when leaving the house unexpectedly (or when someone drops by unexpectedly). Hahaha!
Hi Julie,
I’m so sorry to hear about your toe! The same thing happened to me except mine was the actual door! I know you are a fitness junkie and you will probably go stir crazy hanging around with little exercise (i was the same way!). However, when it happened to me I turned to my local YMCA and tried out water fitness classes! I know what you’re thinking… might sound a little old lady but I got my butt kicked! Its great because you are weightless in the water and cant feel a thing on your toe! Just a suggestion! Hope you’re back in action soon!!
I broke my toe once by dropping a garbage can (with sharp corners) on it. It hurt so bad! I nearly passed out after it happened…had to hobble to the couch and lay down quick in case I did pass out. I didn’t go to the hospital right away, but eventually my Dad took me when the side and bottom of my foot swelled right up. It was such a pain having a broken toe. I lived close to work at that time, so I commuted by walking. It took a lot longer to hobble to and from work for a few weeks, haha. I hope your toe feels better soon!
Kilwin’s New Orleans Praline Pecan has my HEART. I want to eat it every day forever.
And wow. I hope your toe is feeling better! Crazy it had to be reset twice.
Ugh – so sorry about your toe!!! That sucks!!
I’m a mom of an 18 month old boy… I dropped a tub of yogurt on my left ring finger and broke my knuckle three weeks ago at the grocery store. I still have five weeks of wearing a splint to go…so lame! Such a motherhood injury. I have to wear a big glove when I bath the babe too…I am active like you, so I’m count the days when this splint comes off!!! (Still, a foot injury is way worse…sorry again.)
Happy birthday to Ryan! Hope your toe feel better soon, Julie <3
Oh my goodness, that looks so painful! Hopefully it heals quickly. I broke my big toe years ago and it’s amazing how hard walking is without one of your toes. As a mom that’s so hard to have to limp around after a busy toddler. Enjoy your vacation! 🙂
Hi Julie,
Why do you choose this type of collagen?
I just this minute did the same thing to the same toe on the same foot!!! It’s so stiff and in the wrong direction. Not looking forward to any of this. But now I know what to expect thanks to you. PLUS pregnant and with a 2 year old.
Just did the same thing to my left pink toe on Monday. It was pointing alllllll the way to the left. ER reset it, buddy taped it, and gave me a boot. I went to rewrap the buddy tape the next day and my toe still looks pretty crooked. Was yours like that at first too? I have an appointment with an orthopedic doctor tomorrow morning, but curious how long you had in between your initial break and your ortho visit.
Thanks!