Jun
12
Oowie, Oowie!
Filed Under Lauren, Random, children | 8 Comments
I read this today in our local newspaper. On the front page no less- it must have been a slow news day!
Eric Lammers wondered if he was just a wimp when he felt the occasional shot of pain in his foot when he played soccer in his bare feet.
Now, the London high school teacher knows he wasn’t.
Lammers recently injured his foot while coaching at London District Christian secondary school and went to Victoria Hospital for X-rays.
“Sure enough, my toe was broken but they also found a little something else,” he said.
The needle, which appears to be broken, is wedged between his big and second toe. Lammers, 35, thinks it has been there for 13 years.
His mother, Nellie, had shag carpeting in their house.
“I remember stepping on something and feeling some pain. There was a little red dot, but I didn’t think much about it. That’s probably when it happened,” he said.
Lammers estimates the needle is about an inch and a half long, but cautions he’s a fisher and it could be less.
He has an appointment with a surgeon June 27 to see if the needle should be removed.
Want to bet that….
A. His mother sews!
B. I will be hiding this section of the paper from my family!!
C. I will be doing a better job keeping track of my sewing needles/pins from now on!
D. If they find needles laying around on the floor (head hanging in shame because yes they will!) I will not be allowed to live it down.
Thank goodnes we don’t have shag carpet!
Darn you Eric Lammers mom -whoever you are!
Monday was Baby Girl # 5’s 19th birthday. Boy do I feel old. I am much too young for my youngest child to be that mature! She traipsed into Toronto with a car load of girlfriends to celebrate at a Blue Jays game, and within a few minutes of being seated the group found themselves featured on the Jumbotron. Apparently they can die happy and fullfilled now!
Here is my beautiful girl then and now…
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