That's Bologna

A few weeks ago, when Lucy was at a doctor's appointment for her broken leg, she was obviously trying very hard to pay attention to what the doctor was telling dad, but not quite following the conversation exactly. As we sat in her room that night and discussing what the doctor had said, I told her that in a few weeks she would get a new cast that she could walk with. She finished my sentence by saying, "Yeah, mom, the doctor said something about a bologna cast." I looked at her a bit funny and said, 'Do you mean below-knee?" She thought for a moment and then burst out laughing, realizing her mistake. Obviously the doctor had been speaking short-hand, as that's what they do, making everything as quick and efficient as possible, even if it means it's super confusing to the rest of the world who doesn't speak doctor. Since then, we've been teasing Lucy a bit about her bologna cast. Today was the day to get it, and she was super excited. She was also excited because the Alberta Children's Hospital has way more cast colors than what they had in Pincher Creek. She decided on pink, which didn't surprise me at all. It was a bit of a worry for her to get the old one cut off, because she didn't want to loose any of the cool signatures she had gotten, especially Santa's. Hugh, our ortho tech, was so great about cutting her cast like a jig-saw puzzle practically to avoid all signatures. She had a quick sponge bath for her leg and then it was time for the new cast. She was happy to have the cast off for a few minutes though and be able to let her leg move a bit and breath. It was a bit painful to get the new cast on, just with the moving and bending she had to do, but all is well now, and the hot pink leg has been christened by signatures already. This is supposed to be a walking cast, so we'll see how long it takes her to work up the courage to take a few steps. The doctor said no running, but he doesn't really know Lucy. I'm sure she'd be too nervous to run anyway!