Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Broken Foot Timeline ("Real Woman, Real Broken Bones" Episode 2)

I've posted individual pics of this girl here and here. But I wanted to give everyone a little more in depth look at her journey in a short leg cast.

She is a 30 something female in from North America. My information suggested she broke her 5th metetarsal  (the long bone on the outside of the foot that connects to the little toe) running up the stairs. However an anonymous commentor said this
She broke her 5th metatarsal while on a jog. About halfway through the run she stepped off a curb and twisted her foot awkwardly, the force of the impact broke her left foot in 2 places. She's looking at 8 weeks in a cast and probably 6 of those weeks on crutches. Rumor is she spent several weeks in cast when she broke that same foot back in high school, playing volleyball...
So here is her journey in the short leg cast in pictures:

Nov 9 - Out for a jog our subject steps off of a curb, twisting her left foot awkardley breaking her 5th metetarsal. She goes to the hospital in pain where she receives a temporary cast, which she will wear until the swelling subsides enough for a regular fiberglass short leg cast.


Nov 11 - Her swelling has subsided and she is placed in a blue short leg cast. We see that 4 of her toes are clearly expose, the pinky toe perhaps due to the fracture being located on the outside of her foot, is almost fully covered. Instead of sulking about her injury she embraces it and decides to paint her toes to match the color of her cast. Little does she realize that this drives a caster like me CRAZY (in a good way). She will be in this cast for approx 3 weeks. She has some very pretty toes. Perfectly proportioned and for someone with a stairstep toe structure her toes seem fairl long and very suckable in the cast.


Dec 2 - After a routine check up with her ortho, her cast is changed. he receives a sexy little red cast, however to my dismay the cast covers more of her toes than the blue one. Only her Toenails are exposed on her first 3 toes and her last 2 toes are completely covered... I wonder how she was able to cope without being able to wiggle them? But being a trooper she repaints her toes to match the red cast!



Dec 20 - She has now been in the cast for approx 6 weeks. She goes in for another check up and is told that she needs to be in the cast for at least 3 more weeks, Jan 13.This time she is placed in a dark blue cast. Her toes are again freshly painted and this time her cast exposes more of her toes than the 2nd cast but less than the first. They are no worse for wear andstill extremely suckable.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

heh, just like me, cept with two casts and there up past my knees. snowboarding lol

Anonymous said...

The location of the breaks in her 5th metatarasal foot was causing her pinky toe pain while in the first cast, so the Dr. immobilized her toes in the subsequent casts.

Its too bad, i bet her soles would look amazing exposed on the bottom side of her casted foot.

Anyway, she's still non weight bearing, but than again she's no stranger to crutches having broken her same foot several years ago, while back in school.

castandtoes said...

@anon #2 - Wow, love the inside info. I'm very curious how you know it. Feel free to email me and we can discuss offline.