Not broke

Yesterday I kicked an old-fashioned metal trunk in my bedroom very hard with my left little toe. Before you start recommending me to anger management seminars and such, let the record show that I did not mean to kick it, but only briskly to walk past it -- but apparently I miscalculated its location by about 1/2 centimeter and as a result: kicked it.

Anyway it hurt like heck, and when I inspected it later in the day (I couldn't ice it right away because I had to rush off to work) there was a BLACK line running up my toe for about 2 cm. Once I had taken off my shoe and sock, and elevated the foot for a bit (on my desk at work; no-one commented), it softened to a slightly wider, purplish line. Yup, a bruise.

Last night I iced it. This morning half the toe was red. But the good news (you were waiting for this): I'm pretty sure it's not broke. Whereas yesterday, it was hurting so much to walk on, I was afraid it was.