Broken Foot

[schuette]

I meant ..................E L E V A T E D ! ! ! ! huh huh huh.............geddit?

I don't get it...

it involves stuff that will get talked about in the adult bit.......

[H3WMW]

Hope your foot is better soon Schu.

Nice stooky. How do they get it that colour??

[schuette]

you can get casts in all colours now.....I really liked the multi-coloured one

[ElfDude]

I meant ..................E L E V A T E D ! ! ! ! huh huh huh.............geddit?

I don't get it...

it involves stuff that will get talked about in the adult bit.......

I wasn't there.

[Soup4Rush]

Holy shit!!! My daughter broke her ankle this weekend. We were delivering papers and she was in the back of our Caravan. I backed into a driveway and it rolled up under the van and the concrete. I heard it snap from the drivers seat. It was the most gruesome thing I have ever seen. Her foot looked like a piece of rubber. She had surgery this weekend and came home yesterday. She is in a cast up to her groin. I do not understand that as it was the ankle that broke. The docs said her age will speed her recovery and she should be healed in 6 to 8 weeks. She is misearable in this heat, can't go swimming nothing. I feel bad since it was me driving.

I hope you feel better soon Schu, I had to share because this is kind of a coincidence.

[ElfDude]

Holy shit!!! My daughter broke her ankle this weekend. We were delivering papers and she was in the back of our Caravan. I backed into a driveway and it rolled up under the van and the concrete. I heard it snap from the drivers seat. It was the most gruesome thing I have ever seen. Her foot looked like a piece of rubber. She had surgery this weekend and came home yesterday. She is in a cast up to her groin. I do not understand that as it was the ankle that broke. The docs said her age will speed her recovery and she should be healed in 6 to 8 weeks. She is misearable in this heat, can't go swimming nothing. I feel bad since it was me driving.

I hope you feel better soon Schu, I had to share because this is kind of a coincidence.

Oh my gosh! I would feel so AWFUL! Poor kid. Poor YOU as well! Yikes.

[H3WMW]

OUCH!!!

Poor baby.

[Kares4Rush]

Oh, MY, Schu! I'm so sorry! What a bummer. Yes, keep it elevated! I mean it. Swelling is NO good for it.

Soupy! I'm so sorry about your daughter's footy too. Poor baby.

A few years ago I broke my ankle AND leg and had a cast up to my groin too. I had casts and leg braces for 6 months. Ugh. No fun.

[Soup4Rush]

How old were you? The doctor said she should be just fine in 6-8 weeks. He did not mention leg braces, I hope that is not the case. maybe you had to because you were older. The Dr did say she was lucky because of her age. Had it been someone my age it would have required pins, plates with major sugery. All they did to her was put her to sleep and pop the ankle back in place. no pins thank God. It was awful, the leg where the ankle is was broke completely and cleanly. I was frantic, the emergency room nurse said to relax it just might be a bad sprain and I was like "yeah whatever, I have seen sprains before and it did not look like one I had ever seen" She was laying on the driveway when I got out and I really expected the bone to be sticking out when I rolled her over.

[schuette]

awww I hope she's not in too much pain ......I hope it doesnt spoil her summer holidays too much....

[Soup4Rush]

sorry to steal your thread Schu Her summer is over

[Kares4Rush]

How old were you? The doctor said she should be just fine in 6-8 weeks. He did not mention leg braces, I hope that is not the case. maybe you had to because you were older. The Dr did say she was lucky because of her age. Had it been someone my age it would have required pins, plates with major sugery. All they did to her was put her to sleep and pop the ankle back in place. no pins thank God. It was awful, the leg where the ankle is was broke completely and cleanly. I was frantic, the emergency room nurse said to relax it just might be a bad sprain and I was like "yeah whatever, I have seen sprains before and it did not look like one I had ever seen" She was laying on the driveway when I got out and I really expected the bone to be sticking out when I rolled her over.

I was in my twenties but Soup it was a BAD break. The ankle was broken and then the break went up my leg in what is called a "spiral" fracture. It went through both bones like a barbar pole spiral. Literally my lower leg spun around like a corkscrew. Since both the tibia and fibula were snapped through they had to immobilize the joints below and above the fracture (ankle and knee) to let the bones "find eachother" and knit together without joint movement. That's why I had the cast up to my groin. Luckily I didn't have pins but the bones were set in a way that the spiral had to fit perfectly near the bones so they grew together properly.

THAT'S why I was out so long. I had six weeks in the hip cast and then it was cut down below the knee like schu's for another 6-8 weeks and then I had a brace on it that finally allowed limited ankle movement but still kept it stable. I broke it in January, came back to work in June with crutches and the brace and got that off later in the summer replaced by bandages and an "air cast" that I removed when I took off my shoes and I had to go to PT. The air cast was like a stabilizing splint and I wore that for the rest of the year. Meh! I'm sure your little girl's break is straighforward and she won't have trouble. But give her a knowing hug from me.

Sorry I went on so long. Just relived the "steps" ugh.

[Me]

Austin Powers cast, now you can take some acid and watch your leg melt

I didn't get elevated either.

See what happens when you go out and get smashed....
Take it easy or you'll end up with arm pit calus a rare desease believe me you don't want that you'll have to wear a diaper on your head and you'll grow testicals but you can look on the bright side of things and you'll have to eat with chop sticks so you'll have something to scratch your leg with. yummy sweet and sour chicken, moo goo gi pan, egg rolls you can lay on the couch take pain killers and fart

Dam it soupy I do believe you must feel like shit I feel bad for your little girl dude and just a smigin for you. I hope your waiting on her hand and foot (no pun intended) That is awful though and sorry to hear about it truely.

I got hit by a car when I was in forth grade and was in the hospital for 3 months needless to say I almost died and you all know I must of hit my head pretty hard, eh?

I hope everyone has a full recovery.

[ElfDude]

Yowch, Kares!

[Soup4Rush]

Dam it soupy I do believe you must feel like shit I feel bad for your little girl dude and just a smigin for you. I hope your waiting on her hand and foot (no pun intended) That is awful though and sorry to hear about it truely.

I got hit by a car when I was in forth grade and was in the hospital for 3 months needless to say I almost died and you all know I must of hit my head pretty hard, eh?

I hope everyone has a full recovery.

Thanks Kev!! Don't feel bad for me though. I am an idiot and should have known better. Hey, that car wreck does explain a lot. j/k buddy. I am glad you lived as I would have never gotten to know ya.

Kares,

yeah, it was bad but not nearly bad as yours. Good grief!! How did it happen if you don't mind me asking?