Clumpy 3: The Return of the Boot
Back when I broke my foot the first time in September my wife gave me the nickname Clumpy.
Clearly casts and I don't get along. After two and a half weeks I developed sores on my foot, and it became necessary to switch to a boot, in order to change the dressing.
The boot is just a fancy splint held together with velcro straps. It has advantages and disadvantages. I can take it off to get in the shower which is much better than wrapping and bagging the cast. The bad part is, it's so bulky, I have to take the boot off to get my pants on and off. The alternative is to wear shorts. It's still a bit chilly out, 30's F, but I don't plan to stand around outside.
This time I got my cast off after two weeks, again because I had developed sores. Nothing too serious, but any foot injury for a diabetic is potential trouble. Other than that, doc thinks the healing is going fine. X-rays next time, 2 weeks.
On a happier note, we bought a new car.
Back when I broke my foot the first time in September my wife gave me the nickname Clumpy.
Clearly casts and I don't get along. After two and a half weeks I developed sores on my foot, and it became necessary to switch to a boot, in order to change the dressing.
The boot is just a fancy splint held together with velcro straps. It has advantages and disadvantages. I can take it off to get in the shower which is much better than wrapping and bagging the cast. The bad part is, it's so bulky, I have to take the boot off to get my pants on and off. The alternative is to wear shorts. It's still a bit chilly out, 30's F, but I don't plan to stand around outside.
This time I got my cast off after two weeks, again because I had developed sores. Nothing too serious, but any foot injury for a diabetic is potential trouble. Other than that, doc thinks the healing is going fine. X-rays next time, 2 weeks.
On a happier note, we bought a new car.
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Minnesota sports is a lot of what we shared together, and that's why I go way overboard with anything to do with them. They were what my Dad and I did before he passed (I remember being at the playoff game against the Rams in 1988 and I was 4 then!), and they acted like a surrogate father growing up. I don't know if you've read the book "Fever Pitch", but the author Nick Hornsby talks about how sports acted as a father for him when his parents were divorced growing up, as there is nothing more "masculine" as sports.
Which is why I'm sport obsessed, and take them way too seriously, because they've always represented something more, my home Minnesota from which I was "foricibly" removed when my Mom moved to Detroit, and of course the represented my Dad.
I want to get a tattoo for him, and have wanted to for some time, I've got the idea, I just don't know if it would look as good as I want it to.
Oh gosh Jeremy did a glorious job coloring it! It's kinda cool I didn't notice it before but he's left handed! i just think that's pretty cool lol