Remember when I wrote about spraining my ankle a couple of weeks ago? Well at my doctor's appointment today I found out that the problem wasn't really a sprained ankle. The problem was that my leg was broken. The doctor called it a hairline fracture. After I had some new x-rays taken, he brought them in and showed Mommy and Daddy where it was already healing. But, even though it's healing, he still wanted to put me in a walking cast for a couple of weeks. I got to pick out the color, and at first I chose red. Then Mommy reminded me that my Halloween costume is purple, so I changed my mind and picked purple instead. Dr. Craig put this funny sock thing on my foot and some padding and then he soaked the purple stuff in some warm water and started wrapping it around my foot and my leg, all the way up to just below my knee. After the cast got hard, he cut out around my toes. Mommy was a little worried that I wouldn't be able to get my pants back on over my cast, but it turned out to not be a problem. They even gave me a neat little shoe to wear, so that I can walk without messing up my cast. Now we just have to figure out how to cover up my toes to keep them warm, dry and clean since my cast is too big for my knee socks and my knee socks are too long to just cover up my toes. It feels kind of funny to walk around in this cast, but I'm sure I'll get the hang of it.
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