“ER” is no longer and George Clooney is married, so you’re gonna have to settle for this.

 

Bummer = Strange looking toe with a suspected infection.

Bummerer = Suggested sending a sample to the lab.

Sad Slow Realization Bummer = Sample will involve a scalpel.

Painful Bummer = Localized anesthesia injected with the pain of a thousand wild hornets.  Okay, how about an ornery one?

Gross Bummer = Seeing a chunk of your foot exit into a baggie.

Even Slower Realization Bummer and a Bit Morbid = Wait, why is sending a sample to the lab necessary?  What?  Am I dying?  Oh, dear.

Burning Flesh Bummer = Cauterize.  You never want to hear that word associated with any future action on any part of your body.  Cauterize.

Fading Bummer = Wandering out of the clinic slightly regretful that you made the initial voyage.

 

Postscript Bummer = Nothing to worry about.  It was not toe cancer.  The lab results say that it is just an ugly toe.  “Ugly toe,” turns out that’s the official medical term for it.

Painful Day After Bummerest = Having your 8-year-old son accidently step on your freshly cauterized foot.  Bummerest, indeed.

Strange Blessing Bummer = My toe actually looks better with a band-aid covering 40%, as opposed to the pre-cauterized strange looking toe with a suspected infection.

Extra Postscript Bummer = After a road game, my 11-year-old baseball playing son just stepped on the famously cauterized toe.

Final Good News Bummer = At least he was no longer wearing his cleats.  #Thankful4theLittleThings