update

This morning, mirrorthaw drove me to the hospital so they could take my sutures out and put on a real fiberglass cast instead of just a splint.

My vagus nerve threw a wobbly in the middle (I swear it was something about having the sutures clipped), so my achievement for today is that I neither fainted nor puked in the exam room.

The cast is a big improvement over the splint. It's not as heavy, and it's much more snug and therefore more confidence-inspiring. I feel like my foot will stay in the ...