Corner kick

So much have happened to my wife and I in the last two and a half weeks or so. I'm actually having some difficulty deciding how to begin this narrative. But I think the best is to start from the very beginning. 

Anyway, in the morning of the 29th of November, my wife stubbed her little right toe against the corner of our bed. It was quite loud, or at least, I thought that it was quite loud. She was in the bedroom and I was outside at my computer when I heard a loud crack from the room. Rushed in to find my wife clutching at her little toe. We had stubbed our feet many times against the bed and we thought this time would not be any different. But it was not. 

By the afternoon, she complained of a nagging pain that wouldn't go away. The doctor's X-ray confirmed that there was indeed a hairline fracture. The following day, we consulted an orthopaedic surgeon at the private hospital and her toes were immediately bandaged up. It would take about six weeks for the fracture to heal partially, the specialist said, and three months for it to heal totally. Our hearts sank. We had planned for an overseas holiday and now, it was completely shattered by this little bad luck of a freak accident. Worse was that we had already paid for the holidays and it was impossible for us to get all of our money back. The stumbling block were the airline tickets. Cancelling the tickets would come with a hefty loss as obviously, the full amount won't be reimbursed. We made a frantic search for our replacements and luckily, we did find two persons to go in our place. Still, it was a monetary loss to us.

My wife had a follow-up appointment with the surgeon two days ago and luckily, the good news was that her toe was healing well. The bandages have come off and she can now put her weight on the whole foot. There'll still be a final check-up in another three weeks' time.