The Dang Jumping Pillow

The jumping pillow calls to me! The huge, colorful, trampoline-like bouncing structure just screamed FUN when we first arrived in Christchurch. Well, it was FUN, but also very dangerous! It was especially appealing during the torrential downpour :) And especially dangerous... I was lucky to come away with a mere thumb dislocation and foot injury. I knew things had gone array after a slip down one side of the slippery slide. My knee twisted just before I jammed my foot, and then I caught myself with my forefinger/thumb on my left hand.

This is a picture of Becky popping/shoving/pulling my thumb back into place. I'd walked back to our place before I showed Ali my hand. The second she saw it, Ali was like, "That is NOT normal!" That's when I ran for help! Becky told me to go to a doctor since there can be long-term nerve damage from popping it back in... but I told her it's overrated and we'd waste time setting up the appointment and arranging to go in and everything- just for a thumb- honestly! So, I bit Ali's camera case and endured the pain as I felt my thumb return to its original position. But worse than my thumb problem, my foot! After some anatomical study of the foot and ankle, I've discovered that I serioulsy strained the extensor digitorum longus tendon on the top of my foot.

It hurt. Bad. I decided to wait a while to tell you all about so that you wouldn't have to worry. So now, two weeks later, I am almost all the way healed! Now I just have to deal with tenderness where I ride my bike :)