I was carrying my toddler when I was impaled by a rusty garden rake, paramedics were horrified – I’m still in pain today

“I told myself not to panic.

“The pain was there but the adrenaline was way stronger.

“When the paramedics showed up, they asked how I was, to which I joked, ‘Average Saturday I’d say!”

“Both paramedics were struck when they saw my foot, and gave me strong pain medication.

“The firefighters had to come to cut the rake off.”

When Mary arrived at hospital earlier this month, she recalls people taking pictures of her foot, dumbstruck by the sight – and even claims the doctor who pulled the rake out stopped to snap a picture first.

Somehow, she was able to keep her good humour throughout the ordeal, saying she was able to crack jokes rather than cry – still feeling the adrenaline of the shocking incident.