Comments on: Birdie’s broken wing http://thesmocklady.com/blog/birdies-broken-wing_571/ Whatever! Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:29:32 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Birdie’s Broken Wing, Take II http://thesmocklady.com/blog/birdies-broken-wing_571/comment-page-1/#comment-10295 Birdie’s Broken Wing, Take II Sat, 26 Jan 2008 23:02:29 +0000 http://thesmocklady.com/blog/birdies-broken-wing_571/#comment-10295 [...] Broken Wing, Take II January 26, 2008 OK, the day the deed was done, her arm looked like [...] [...] Broken Wing, Take II January 26, 2008 OK, the day the deed was done, her arm looked like [...]

]]> By: vrouw_jonker http://thesmocklady.com/blog/birdies-broken-wing_571/comment-page-1/#comment-9210 vrouw_jonker Sat, 15 Dec 2007 01:44:49 +0000 http://thesmocklady.com/blog/birdies-broken-wing_571/#comment-9210 Good heavens! Good heavens!

]]> By: MMM http://thesmocklady.com/blog/birdies-broken-wing_571/comment-page-1/#comment-9203 MMM Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:48:20 +0000 http://thesmocklady.com/blog/birdies-broken-wing_571/#comment-9203 Oh my! Poor thing! <em>MMM's last blog post..</em><a href='http://mommymamamother.blogspot.com/2007/12/look-yall.html' rel="nofollow">Look Y'all.....</a> Oh my! Poor thing!

MMM’s last blog post..Look Y’all…..

]]> By: Ashley http://thesmocklady.com/blog/birdies-broken-wing_571/comment-page-1/#comment-9202 Ashley Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:12:24 +0000 http://thesmocklady.com/blog/birdies-broken-wing_571/#comment-9202 Can you think of anything that two little girls could drop by your house to cheer poor Birdie up? They would like to give her a Heal Soon pick-me-up. Can you think of anything that two little girls could drop by your house to cheer poor Birdie up? They would like to give her a Heal Soon pick-me-up.

]]> By: karen http://thesmocklady.com/blog/birdies-broken-wing_571/comment-page-1/#comment-9159 karen Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:05:42 +0000 http://thesmocklady.com/blog/birdies-broken-wing_571/#comment-9159 I broke my leg in August and my ortho tried to fit me in a boot that I could take on and off (think down-hill ski boot). It would be easy to shower! I could wear it over pants! It was fast to fit! I could walk! It was going to be great! ...except it HURT like H-E-DOUBLE-HOCKEY-STICKS. Getting it on was excruciating and then it turned out that my leg, like Birdie's arm, was simply too small for the boot. There was gobs of room around my ankle; virtually no part of the boot touched my leg except the very top of my calf, right under my knee. It was also very heavy and not at all comfortable. The ortho suggested we could pack lots of foam padding in. It could still be great! I asked him if I could have morphine to take before trying to get the darned thing on or off - I'm not a painkiller gal, but it hurt THAT much. After not too much persuading, I got an old-fashioned fiberglass hard cast in an amusing purple color. It did not hurt going on; it did not hurt to wear; it was much lighter weight than the boot; no painkillers were required after the day the bones were set. I did need to use crutches but that was FAR preferable to mangling my broken bones several times daily with the temporary cast! Please give Birdie a very gentle hug from me - she is SO brave! And then go be firm with her doctor. A little girl is probably better in a hard cast - there will be infinitely fewer chances for her to make her injury worse if she's locked in. Sure, she'll have to adopt an interesting dressing arrangement and you'll be in for some sponge bathing but it's really only a few weeks (even if she goes eight weeks, like I did) - it will be over and she'll be back on the trampoline in no time! I can tell you this with confidence because I broke my leg playing hockey and I just got home from hockey practice tonight. I went about 16 weeks between being carried off the ice to skating again - Birdie will heal and she'll be back to speed...maybe even before you get all the medical bills. :) <em>karen's last blog post..</em><a href='http://reasonenough.blogspot.com/2007/12/force-has-been-used.html' rel="nofollow">The Force Has Been Used</a> I broke my leg in August and my ortho tried to fit me in a boot that I could take on and off (think down-hill ski boot). It would be easy to shower! I could wear it over pants! It was fast to fit! I could walk! It was going to be great! …except it HURT like H-E-DOUBLE-HOCKEY-STICKS. Getting it on was excruciating and then it turned out that my leg, like Birdie’s arm, was simply too small for the boot. There was gobs of room around my ankle; virtually no part of the boot touched my leg except the very top of my calf, right under my knee. It was also very heavy and not at all comfortable. The ortho suggested we could pack lots of foam padding in. It could still be great! I asked him if I could have morphine to take before trying to get the darned thing on or off – I’m not a painkiller gal, but it hurt THAT much. After not too much persuading, I got an old-fashioned fiberglass hard cast in an amusing purple color. It did not hurt going on; it did not hurt to wear; it was much lighter weight than the boot; no painkillers were required after the day the bones were set. I did need to use crutches but that was FAR preferable to mangling my broken bones several times daily with the temporary cast! Please give Birdie a very gentle hug from me – she is SO brave! And then go be firm with her doctor. A little girl is probably better in a hard cast – there will be infinitely fewer chances for her to make her injury worse if she’s locked in. Sure, she’ll have to adopt an interesting dressing arrangement and you’ll be in for some sponge bathing but it’s really only a few weeks (even if she goes eight weeks, like I did) – it will be over and she’ll be back on the trampoline in no time! I can tell you this with confidence because I broke my leg playing hockey and I just got home from hockey practice tonight. I went about 16 weeks between being carried off the ice to skating again – Birdie will heal and she’ll be back to speed…maybe even before you get all the medical bills. :)

karen’s last blog post..The Force Has Been Used

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