Down to the bone. Have you ever broken a bone and how did it happen?

Ooohh_ kassdaw_ torn tendons are bad. Really bad. That's a lot of screws in one place. Sorry you all had a rough time with that one. Don't you just love waiting on their every command?

Umm_ how does he get through airport security now? It's not like he can take his foot off, like we have to take our shoes off.

He has a card that he carries in his wallet, it says that he has the metal in this leg. So they always use the metal detectors and get to his leg and feel stupid for questioning it. He usually wears shorts so he doesn't have to pull up his pant legs.

Smart guy. And dumb airport rules. I hope you don't travel in the winter, because shorts would be on the cold side_

getnbuy_ Sorry I can't help laughing, picturing your toe waving around in the water! Did you know that if your second toe is bigger than your first toe, it means something that I forgot, but can find out for you later?

Hands, face and feet. They all bleed profusely. My son broke his hand playing football. He also broke his leg in two places in the same game.

I'm not trying to one-up your son's story, just sharing the same motherly pain we endure for our kids! It's so hard when they get hurt when you're away from home. I bet that hospital ride was a memorable one!

Let me know if you want more info about your toes. I can't believe you jumped in a pool that was only one foot deep.
ouch.

Yes, please let me know about toes! My brother and I got this trait from our maternal grandpa. It would be fun to know what ever it is you find out.
As for jumping in the pool, chalk it up to a 12 year old's eagerness to get in the water. I was away at camp and I just waited until I got home ( a week later)to tell anybody about it. Ofcourse, they just tape toes anyway.

barrudaki_ That is an impressive broken bone story. I guess it is bad luck walking under a ladder.
sorry.

Nice cover story. A huge heavy ladder just happened to get blown down by the wind when you were walking by? That's a good one.

So, was the cat's life worth the broken leg? He's not alive right now is he? How long did he live?

I bet your leg was all shriveled up when it came out of that cast. That's a long time to wear a cast!

Hi,

Yeah the cat lived for a while but he was hit by a car later that year:(. The first few cast started at about upper part of my thigh. As the bones started to heal the cast got lower by the end the cast was down below my knee and I was wearing a walking brace. I remember each time they took the cast off to put another on, my leg was ashy and it would get cleaned. Those cast were itchy too, during that time I found a new use for a ruler. I also remember when I allowed to walk on it with the cast on I still had to wait a week for the cast to fully harden before I could walk with it. I tried to walk on the leg once with cast not fully harden, it hurt the bone and felt weird too.

By the time my leg came out of the cast it was way skinner than my other one, very ashy and pale. Even though I was walking on the leg while in the cast it was still very weak. It felt weird to walk on it but it wasn't wobbly but it felt like it would give out at any moment. Feeling any type of touch on it was strange, but being able to finally take a normal bath felt really good:). The doctor told my mom my leg should be back to normal in a few months but I would need to practice walking without turning my leg and foot out. I also needed to relearn my balance and I couldn't start out on that leg. If I got up I had to put all my weight on my "good" leg first.

Lucky for me they were all clean breaks and the leg didn't need to be reset too much. Thanks to physical therapy I don't walk with my leg or foot to the side, I don't walk with a limp but I do run with a limp. The bad part is to this day I still look down to make sure I'm walking right.

Ack I just realized I forgot to say why I was in the casts for so long. My leg was broken in three places. Down near the ankle, in the middle and just below the knee.

travibabiesgirl_ Okay, that is imaginative. I think you saw one too many circuses. I can't believe that little stunt worked at all.

Who runs out of gas going to the hospital? That's really funny. I'm surprised it took so long for someone to stop! It's a custom in the country to stop and help people.

I bet your swimming and showering ability was limited! Was all that trouble worth one little roll of fun?

Yeah, sounds like good times to me!

Yeah It is pretty funny looking back on it. It almost sounds like a comedy show. I always thought living in the country meant helping a neighbor also. I mean this was late 70's in the country in the midwest. I would think people would stop to help a woman and her child who is walking down the road crying. Maybe all those city slickers driving by on our lonely stretch oh highway had seen the movie deliverance in 1972 and was to scared to stop lol.

kun2349_ NIce job getting me all worried about your right wrist, and then you tell me you're left handed. You are lucky.

My daughter's bone doctor told her a fracture and a break are one in the same.

I'm confused. What else is new? You broke your wrist once by falling from the monkey bar, but I didn't catch how you broke it the second time? How old were you?

The 2nd time is also falling fom the monkey bar.. LOL^_^ And that's y i said, once bitten twice shy.. hehe..
That time i was 12yrs old, and i broke my wirist twice in the same year.. LOL

mrsfrodotata_ I can't decide which part of the story I can laugh about, or which story is the worst?

What kind of teacher made you walk all the way to the nurse's office? Didn't she like you?

I'm trying not to laugh picturing you on a stool in the kitchen. You must look so precious!

Yuck, did you have to tell me you broke your toe in half? I have to sleep with that image in my head now! So, could they straighten the L back into an I shape again? Or did it end up looking more like a? mark. Sorry.

Hold that thought_

yikes!!! well i'm not gonna tempt fate....(thought held) lol....

k1tten_ what is it with the monkey bars? Everyone seems to be falling off of them. Maybe they don't have them in schools anymore.

You chipped a piece of bone> I can't get a picture in my head of what kind of cast you had?

Why was it the worst thing that could happen to a first grader? Because you couldn't play anymore and you had to miss school? I guess that is traumatic when you're in the first grade and you still like school.

I like your dragon avatar. Or is the lochness monster?

It's a dragon actually. And it was horrible because I couldn't participate in many things that was going on at my family reunion. We had a water battle then.

You missed a water battle? Oh, that is sad. Sorry you couldn't join in. Isn't it amazing the things we remember?

Okay then k1tten, I like your dragon.

Four days? You went four days without treatment? You really do hate hospitals. My mom had to trick me one time because I fell and split my head on the coffee table. She told me we were going shopping_

How did your parents trick you into going?

All accidents seem stupid looking back. I cringed thinking of your poor arm stuck behind your back. Was your brother scared because you got hurt?

Three months is a long time to heal. What did you do for the pain from Friday evening until your operation on Tuesday? The three screws stay in your wrist forever?

I'm glad you don't believe in suing. It's a funny thought though.

I'm guessng you broke your "right" hand, which would be your "writing" hand? Sorry, that's a really bad joke.

It's amazing how medical insurance is so hard to come by and so easy to lose. And so expensive to keep! But, its there when we need it.

I feel your pain_

I left out several parts. The orthopoedist prescribed Darvocet, but it upset my stomach. Even after the surgical repair, due to pain I hardly slept. I had a fixator cuff attached to the screws, which came off. I was told that if I wore a cast, I would wind up with an unclean, shriveled-up arm. But the pain from the screws was just as bad. Of course it would be the right hand - that I write with. I had to explain to everyone why I wrote checks that didn't look like my handwriting, since I had to learn to write using my left hand. Luckily, I was retired when this accident happened, or I would not have had enough "Sick Leave" to cover a work absence. But enough about me.