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TIFU by sitting like a dumbass

Sorry for the crappy formatting and my awful grammar since i’m on mobile.

This happened from last night to early this morning. We need some background first for everything to make sense. My (16m) mom just got back into the dating field and she’s been seeing this one guy since march of 2024. I live in a two family house in the upstairs apartment. Every weekend he either comes to our apartment or she goes to his. This weekend she went by him so I was left alone. The rule is that if there’s an emergency i call my grandmother since she lives downstairs.

I usually just dick around when i’m home alone and fall asleep really late. I ended up getting out of bed at around 8:30 to do a paper craft since I saw a tutorial online and i was struggling with this specific craft for a while. I got everything I needed and i sat at the table. For context, I was sitting with one leg under the rest of my body so it ended up falling sleep. This is important.

Now usually when I craft I throw everything out at the end but tonight i decided to throw out the paper scraps I already had so it wouldn’t be as messy. Here’s where I fuck up. I stand up and notice that my leg is completely numb. I don’t think anything of it since i’ve walked with a numb leg before. I got a few steps in before i collapse under my own weight, roll my ankle and fall on the floor.

Now i’ve had my fair share of nasty falls due to a medical condition but this shit HURT. I started crying from the pain and freaking out. I crawled over to the couch and waited for the pain to go away but it wasn’t going anywhere. I crawled over to the table, grab my phone, and call my grandma. She comes upstairs and my ankle is swollen. She tells me to call my mom, I do, and I go to the hospital. They didn’t think anything was wrong but they just wanted to make sure. I get my x ray done and the doctor comes into explain.

Turns out my little fall caused me to get a hairline fracture in my ankle. They give me a boot, crutches, and discharge me from the hospital and now i’m out of school until the ninth of march. I never did get to finish my paper craft and my ankle still hurts like hell.

TL;DR: I tried walking with my leg that fell asleep and i ended up falling over and fracturing my ankle

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