5 Weeks, 1 Day... Opps!

I'm 5 weeks and 1 day out... and had a bit of an accident. Twice in the last week when I was "showering" water got my cast cover. The second time it happened it was bad... the inside of my cast was soaked! It wasn't until I reinvestigated the cover tonight that I realized it wasn't the seal that was broken but the lining actually has a huge hole in it! So much for that!

Since I'm one week out from 6 weeks and moving to a boot I debated whether or not to call the Dr. However after Googling the issue (just don't!) I was totally grossed out and in need of a new cast.

So, I headed over the the Ortho Urgent Care this afternoon and here is what I saw...

My gross, emancipated, hairy leg.

The PA actually removed the steri strips to check out the incision. Her reaction, "wow, that's big! But it looks beautiful!" I should have taken another pic but I didn't want to be too weird about it.

Here is my new cast. I opted to change my color. Sorry for the noticeably disgusting toes.

Here's another picture with cleaner toes. My foot is still significantly bruised. I was really surprised to see that. You can see the bruising underneath my middle toe, inward. The entire inside of my foot was bruised too. 

Lacey promptly signed her name and drew some new lizards on it. She is so cute!

The PA who was on call did contact the Dr. to see if I could just go to a boot a little early... no such luck!

5 more days and counting! Now that I've seen the damage, I'm really, really, really excited to wash it!