Hannah’s Cast

I always wondered how a cast is “put on” a broken appendage. We had a front row seat yesterday afternoon as they applied one to Hannah’s forearm.

First, a fabric sleeve was put on:

Next, her forearm was wrapped with strands of soft something or other:

Third, white strips of fiberglass were applied; this stuff was warm and sticky when applied, and soon hardened:

Last,  strips of “hot-pink” fiberglass encompassed her whole forearm:

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Hannah was desiring a tie-dyed color pattern; I vetoed that outright (no hippies in the Greenfield home! ), but they didn’t have that anyway. So she went with something that will definitely glow in the dark!

I emailed the xrays of Hannah’s arm to her, so she’ll undoubtedly post those on her blog. Pretty cool stuff.