Val: How's the rehab going?
Phil: It's pretty painful...
Phil: All I really want to do is LIE HERE.
Gramma Evie: Okey dokey! What'll it be today? Shower or sponge bath??
Phil: I'M UP! I'M UP!
Sure you can! Use the Press’n’Seal brand of plastic wrap around the cast. Wrap two layers, three is better, around everything. For a below-the-knee cast, one roll is enough for two showers.
(Other brands might work, this is the one I know does, for certain.)
Don’t Ask Me How I Know This.
OBTW, casts aren’t plaster, any more, they’re a resin-impregnated cloth. Lots lighter!
. . . . and by the time you finish bathing and take all the plastic wrap off everything will be so wet from perspiration and condensation you might as well have entirely skipped trying to keep things dry.
For me I had tear in meniscus inner left leg and I had to wait few days before I could get cleaned up. Left leg could not get wet due to stitches doctor’s orders. After stitches came out I could. I did wait then cleaned up what I could making sure wrap and stitches stayed dry.Now I am constantly doing therapy at home with my leg I have instructions. I had to do foot movement with wrap on to prevent blood clots. My knee is still sore in the bone.For Phil I wonder if he will have a walking cast?
They should send a copy of this comic to the US Secretary of State John Kerry whose recent injuries in Switzerland were a broken leg near where he had a hip replacement.
Before I got my “bunny boot” I couldn’t use any kind of crutches. I realize now that five years ago, I was already having significant problems with balance. I had to use a rolling desk chair till I could get a cheapie wheelchair at a big-box store. This afternoon a retired nurse spotted me in a grocery-store parking lot and wanted me to hire her to help out. I told her that no, I wasn’t quite ready. By the way, there are different kinds of pelvic fractures. My mom fractured her pelvis in her late 70’s, when she got tangled up with an ironing board, and was able to get around fine with a walker. We just moved her into our place for a couple of weeks, and we both worked during the daytime.
paulrharvey3 almost 9 years ago
Maybe if Val offers the same choices…
Templo S.U.D. almost 9 years ago
Hang in there, Officer Jackson.
romantiqueluxe almost 9 years ago
Go Gramma and Aunt June! :D
LeoAutodidact almost 9 years ago
It ALWAYS comes down to proper Motivation!
stlmaddog5 almost 9 years ago
You can’t shower while wearing a plaster cast !!
fusilier almost 9 years ago
@stlmaddog5
Sure you can! Use the Press’n’Seal brand of plastic wrap around the cast. Wrap two layers, three is better, around everything. For a below-the-knee cast, one roll is enough for two showers.
(Other brands might work, this is the one I know does, for certain.)Don’t Ask Me How I Know This.
OBTW, casts aren’t plaster, any more, they’re a resin-impregnated cloth. Lots lighter!
fusilierJames 2:24
TheiaLee almost 9 years ago
Not even his aunt. His future mother-in-law!
I'll fly away almost 9 years ago
Rehab can really be painful at times.
Dani Rice almost 9 years ago
Those new casts are great. Fiberglass. You could probably get it damp, but not go swimming – or take a shower.
Michael Ritter almost 9 years ago
. . . . and by the time you finish bathing and take all the plastic wrap off everything will be so wet from perspiration and condensation you might as well have entirely skipped trying to keep things dry.
RuthTC Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Shower? With a leg cast? Tell me how to do that, because I’ve got a broken leg in a case at the moment and would LOVE to take a shower!
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Depends on who is applying the sponge.
kab2rb almost 9 years ago
For me I had tear in meniscus inner left leg and I had to wait few days before I could get cleaned up. Left leg could not get wet due to stitches doctor’s orders. After stitches came out I could. I did wait then cleaned up what I could making sure wrap and stitches stayed dry.Now I am constantly doing therapy at home with my leg I have instructions. I had to do foot movement with wrap on to prevent blood clots. My knee is still sore in the bone.For Phil I wonder if he will have a walking cast?
junemmoffatt almost 9 years ago
Didn’t I hear that Phil has a cracked pelvis? He can get up with that?
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 9 years ago
Aw man!
Dean almost 9 years ago
They should send a copy of this comic to the US Secretary of State John Kerry whose recent injuries in Switzerland were a broken leg near where he had a hip replacement.
carioca38 almost 9 years ago
I put water in the tub, got in sideways and the leg stayed up and dry. Use a small container to throw water where you can’t soak
route66paul almost 9 years ago
Why anyone would use that type of crutch is beyond me. I have used my “gimp sticks” for years.http://www.ehow.com/info_8444363_canadian-crutches.html
Gokie5 almost 9 years ago
Before I got my “bunny boot” I couldn’t use any kind of crutches. I realize now that five years ago, I was already having significant problems with balance. I had to use a rolling desk chair till I could get a cheapie wheelchair at a big-box store. This afternoon a retired nurse spotted me in a grocery-store parking lot and wanted me to hire her to help out. I told her that no, I wasn’t quite ready. By the way, there are different kinds of pelvic fractures. My mom fractured her pelvis in her late 70’s, when she got tangled up with an ironing board, and was able to get around fine with a walker. We just moved her into our place for a couple of weeks, and we both worked during the daytime.