Free Write #1: Seven Casts and Counting

At this point, I feel like I should qualify as a cast expert. Fiberglass, plaster, cotton stuffing...I've got it down. You know what's never been done though...faux fur casts! Imagine how fuzzy soft and faux-fur-tastic! I would want to snuggle my own face into my fuzz-fabulous casted leg. Hello Shark Tank!

My faux fur free casts to date....

Leg/ankle dressing 1-3: The Fall, Memorial Day, 5/25
Fiberglass cast, Lutheran, Brooklyn NY
Drug up, reset, cast, x-ray, repeat

Leg/ankle dressing 4: Meet My Doctor Day, Wednesday, 5/27
Hybrid half cast half splint (fiberglass plaster mix), HSS, New York NY

Leg/ankle dressing 5: Surgery Day, Tuesday, 6/2
Super size splint (cotton stuffing and gauze with plaster support wrapped in a massive ace bandage, allowing for swelling), HSS, New York NY

Leg/ankle dressing 6: Post Surgery Fright, Wednesday, 6/3
Sloppy splint (fiberglass, gauze, ace bandage wrap mix), RWJ ER, New Brunswick NJ
A pulsating thigh sent me to the ER, but thankfully after an ultrasound (and breaking my splint off), no blood clots were found. Just muscle spasms....

Leg/ankle dressing 7: Return to HSS, Friday, 6/5
Super size splint 2.0 (cotton stuffing and gauze with plaster support wrapped in a massive ace bandage, allowing for swelling), HSS, New York NY

What the future holds...

Next, I'll be in a fiberglass cast. Since faux fur isn't an option, I do get a choice of color, with some design options as well. Given the upcoming 4th of July holiday, I can choose to go patriotic and do red, white, and blue with stars and stripes...or I can go rainbow hippy...or just go more basic with a solid color.  Oh the choices...

And then from there, I get a soft boot! So instead of looking forward to a European vacation or my next half marathon, I will be counting down to the day I get my soft boot...and it's not even couture!