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

Mary said: “I never bled and the rake was super rusty.

“It actually belonged to my husband’s great-grandfather, supposedly.

“What a shame and a waste of a good rake!

“I’m built tough, but I was [actually] terrified.

“I have no idea how I wasn’t shedding tears or even passing out.”

Mary was kept in hospital for just a few hours while doctors treated her foot.

They did an X-ray and administered four shots of lidocaine before removing the rake fully, flushing it with saline, and left the wound open to drain given the rake had been “extremely rusty”.