Gillian called me one morning in November and asked if I could go with her to the hospital. Her doctor had already sent her for an x-ray due to pain in her hand and wrist after being injured while coaching gymnastics, so it was time to see what the treatment was going to be for the two small breaks. The first step was a plaster cast in the emergency department, where I was allowed to accompany her for support and to document the process.
She was in that heavy cast with a sling for one week so it was good that I was along because she clearly couldn’t drive.
One week later, I drove her back to the hospital for an appointment in the cast department. Her heavy plaster cast was replaced with a lighter fiberglass one available in a variety of bright colors.
Unfortunately for Gillian, the woman who made this cast didn’t put her thumb in the correct position, so her husband took her back to the hospital over the weekend for yet another replacement cast.
Three weeks later and I took her back for the big unveiling.
While she no longer needed a cast, the nurse made her this cool removable cast which she could use at gymnastics as a symbol that she still needed to be careful with her hand for several more weeks.
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