The Gallon Challenge

After a week of wearing a splint and sling, Peter now has a very hard accessory for his left arm. 

He chose red, of course.

He was concerned that the cast was wet and wouldn't provide adequate protection. The tech assured him that it would dry very quickly.

Bonus: Peter has a glow-in-the-dark stripe that winds all the way up his cast. His arm looks a lot like a candy cane.

I saw the x-ray of the break. I expected to see a crack, but it wasn't like that at all. Have you ever bent a thick branch? It's so solid that it doesn't really break, but it does bulge out at the sides a bit. That's kind of what happened to Peter's arm. It was really interesting to see.

We go back in four weeks to see how he's healing. Then, if everything looks good, he'll be in a brace for a week, then back to normal. Well, normal minus falling off the top of the monkey bars.

The doctor told Peter not to use the cast as a weapon or a tool (he must work with little boys often) and not to get it wet. The example the doctor used was, "It's okay if it gets a little wet, but don't let him shove it in the mud."

As we stood in the waiting room making his follow-up appointment, this last admonition was revisited. Peter quoted the doctor about mud and I said that meant not to get water on it. Then Peter asked, "So does that mean that I can pour a gallon of milk on it?"

No Peter, it really does not.