stupid work shelves + me = trip to ER

At our work we have rolling storage shelves.

This picture is just to give you an idea, because the ones we have are much more GHETTO. They are able to moved by a nice crank nor are all of the tracks and such hidden. So we have to push and pull them by hand, and stop them with our bodies or use this HUGE metal brake that sticks out a few inches around the bottom.

Well yesterday morning I was walking in our stockroom, between the managers desk and the storage shelves. A co-worker was sitting at the desk so I had a smaller clearance to get through but this has never been an issue before so I'm just walking FULL speed when I whack my ankle SUPER hard on the metal brake that is sticking out from the rack. It was one of those hits that makes you light headed and super hot! So I sat down, collected myself and I was fine....

...until lunch time, then it started swelling and by the time I got off of work I couldn't put any weight on it! So I got home, showered, then rested on the couch for a bit with it elevated. The pain started to go away but I still didn't have full movement of my ankle, and after sending my Mom a picture she insisted that I go to the ER.

As you can see, it was so swollen you couldn't even tell if I had that little ankle bone or not!

So we headed to the ER. Josh was much happier on this visit than his last... haha

I on the other hand was not too happy :(

they stuck us in the non-priority room because I wasn't dying, but my foot felt like it was going to fall off! haha

Josh got to sit next to all of the supplies... and we might have left with an extra ace bandage or two...

The doctor poked my foot in two spots and when I said it hurt he said we needed x-rays - lovely.
ohh pretty colors!

Just waitin after the x-rays. On the bright side I had a nice nurse named Gloria.

The x-rays came back negative so I just have REALLY bad bruising and swelling. It was a waste of time, but I'm glad we went so at least I know nothing is wrong and that I am just going to gimp around for a day or two!

In the end they wrapped it up in an ace bandage and sent me on my way. I slept with some ice packs on it and was able to sleep pretty well. We will see how work goes today - we have a big floorset so elevating my foot isn't going to be so easy...

-Katie