Marathon for Mom and Mike by fall4daisies

Right now I don't know whether to cry or puke, because I feel like doing both.  This past Saturday, with only 2 weeks and 1 day before the Chicago marathon, I broke my toe.  I BROKE MY TOE.

The instant I snagged it on the door jam at home I knew I had broken it.  I heard the pencil-popping sound and felt a surge of electric pain shooting through my foot, and when I looked down and saw that my pinkie toe was pointing out to the side away from my other toes, I knew it was bad.

After it happened I went to the local ER for x-rays which confirmed a fracture.  There on the x-ray, as plain as day, was a diagonal and off-set break running across the entire width of the "phalange" (2nd bone down from the top of my toe).  I swallowed the lump in my throat and tried to hold back tears.  Would I be able to run in 2 weeks?

They gave me a shot of Toridol (an anti-inflammatory) and put a "boot" on my foot.  I have orders to remain non weight-bearing (crutches), ice/advil/elevate, and take Demoral as needed for pain.  (I didn't have the Demoral prescription filled because the idea of me on crutches under the influence of a narcotic was a crazy one...I was going to have a hard enough time maneuvering on crutches, thank you!)

When I went to the ER Saturday for my broken toe, the nurse practitioner who saw me in ER consulted with the ortho on call via telephone.  (I never actually saw a doctor.)  Anyway, my instructions were to follow up with an ortho today (Monday), but when I called the ortho's office today the receptionist told me he was in surgery all day with no appointments available until Wednesday!  There are 2 or 3 other ortho docs in this particular office (in Mt. Vernon, IL - 30 minutes south of Salem) so I asked if ANY of them had an opening sooner than Wednesday.   I was given an appointment for tomorrow at 12:45.   I hate to wait another day but such is life in a rural town.  I seriously contemplated going to St. Louis and dropping myself off at one of their hospitals -- bet I would have seen an ortho if I did that! -- but since I can't drive (due to my broken toe/boot/non-weight-bearing status) I am stuck in waiting for another day.

I also called my sports med doc in Belleville (1.5 hours away) and made an appointment with him for Thursday.   

For the past two nights I wake up when I change positions in bed because it hurts.  For the past two days I get a lump in my throat every time I look at my running shoes or think about Chicago.  I tell myself it's only a toe...it's only one marathon...but....I....can't....help....but....cry.  This is just sooooo frustrating.