Family and co-toes mourn the loss of Big Left Toenail, known to friends as "Big Lefty Piggles." Piggles passed away on Friday, September 30, 2011, after a short period of hospice care following a tragic accident. He was surrounded by co-toes at the end.
On the morning of September 27, an out-of-control office chair slammed into the left foot. Piggles placed himself in the line of fire, leaping to the defense of his cousin the First Phalangeal Bone. The impact threw Piggles into the air, loosening his grip on his toe. Piggles was rushed to Concentra Urgent Care on California Street, San Francisco, California, USA. Doctors were guarded but hopeful, and he was reattached to his toe.
(GRUESOME TOE PICTURES! You have been warned. http://imgur.com/zdfXT.jpg http://imgur.com/WJLGN.jpg)
Piggles fought a short but valiant fight to live. His conditioned worsened, and he was pronounced dead at Renown Urgent Care North Hills in Reno Nevada the following Friday. His remains will be interred in a compost pile at a private residence in Reno. A wake is scheduled to be held at 7 pm on October 1, 2011.
http://imgur.com/hSpP5.jpg
A detailed accident investigation found no evidence of drugs or alcohol in the chair operator's system, and the collision was ruled an accident. No charges are expected to be filed.
Ouch!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh that hurts. I haven't even looked at the pics, but I KNOW. I had a horse I was shoeing stomp down and popped my big toenail right off. I had to finish shoeing him, and I didn't even look until I was done, but my boot was squishy with blood all the way to the heel, so I knew it was gonna be bad. I limped for WEEKS. My sympathies are with you. It friggin HURTS!
ReplyDeleteLOL! The things we post on the internet! (And the rest of us find so entertaining!) I even looked at the gruesome pics! R.I.P. :)
ReplyDeleteSpeechless.
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OUCH!! lost toe nail last summer - seems that's what happens when a 2000 pound horse steps on you.
ReplyDeleteHope it all heals quickly for you.
I had something similar happen with my left pinkie toe nearly 5 years ago. Only, it was a corner of the bed accident.
ReplyDeleteLove your obituary!
Hurray for reincarnation!
ReplyDelete(In future - a little warning about hazardously humorous posts please - almost choked on my lunch... just sayin' :))
I will not be looking at your pictures, but I know how bad something like that hurts. I hope you're feeling much better soon!
ReplyDeleteThat was funny (!)--in a sort of macabre way. I'm afraid I couldn't bring myself to look at the photos. I totally admire your sense of humor--I would merely be whining.
ReplyDeleteSorry you had to bid one of the little Piggies goodbye. Very funny post but I'm sure it hurt like h*ll. Hope it grows back soon.
ReplyDeleteI had a sense that something may be afoot.
ReplyDeleteAnyway I do sympathise, having had a similar experience with a gate not long ago. They do grow back, and quite soon (in my experience) they hurt a lot less.
Not often a post makes me go 'LOL HAHA ew gross but ROFL anyway'.
ReplyDeleteThat has to hurt! Will it grow back?
ReplyDeleteFeeling happy I finished my blueberry skim milk smoothie prior to reading this...otherwise it would now be splattered on my monitor :)
ReplyDeleteI am sorry though and send my condolences for the demise and loss of said partial appendage armour. Be glad you don't have one fall off everytime you ride over twenty miles... and feel better soon. ~E.G.
Dang ! Hope the rebirth goes smoothly !
ReplyDeleteIt sure can be said that you are hilarious and talented- even without the big toenail! Ouchola...but you made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteRIP, you poor, poor toe.
ReplyDeleteLOL! RIP dear big toe nail!
ReplyDeleteOoh, ooowww, ssss....
ReplyDeleteThough that was the most hilarious thing I've ever read about losing a toe nail.
Owie zowie!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if you'll see this as this post is a few months old... and I'm breaking my 'rule' of not commenting on blogs until I'm caught up but I just HAD to say 1)omg that sounds incredibly painful and 2)what a hilarious post!
ReplyDeleteLOL, I'm glad you too could laugh at my pain! ;)
DeleteI am going to update with an exciting new picture in a couple more weeks, when I finally trim my newly regrown toenail. RIP Big Lefty, long live New Lefty!