So today...

1. Phone the school. Remember it is "One believes that he himself is broken the toe."

2. See the doctor.

3. Get the x-ray done.

4. Go back to see the doctor, who will probably bandage it.

5. Then do the rest of the stuff that's planned.

It'll cramp his style for football for a while, I reckon...

One thing - We had a small amount of Ibuleve/Ibugel to put on it. He was far from amused when we put it on, but he slept OK and he has almost no bruising. Good stuff, Ibuleve/Ibugel. (Cue the Bachelors "I---buleve, I---buleve")

Little crises like this are good really. Although they are annoying, irritating, time-consuming and painful for the person at the centre of the crisis, they are not life-threatening and you learn what you have to do ready for when one of them breaks something that really matters... with next door's chainsaw...

Overheard ..... "C'est le pied du foot." ... I thought "Uh?" Slowly light dawned... It's his kicking foot.

Comments

Exile from GROGGS said…
On croit qu'il s'est casse' l'orteil?
10:13 pm
Alan said…
Exactement !
10:24 pm
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