Cast Away

When I was in first or second grade I broke my arm while playing on a jungle gym in the backyard. If it weren't for a photo of me in the cast, or the story about how I broke it (my sister did it!) or the cast itself, which my mom saved all these years, I might not even remember the event.

I wonder if it will be the same for Jake. We were about the same age when it happened. He fell off the monkey bars at school. We took a couple of photos.

But they did not let us keep the cast. Mainly because I didn't get the chance to ask. We went in for what I thought would be a mid-treatment check-up and minutes later the cast was off. Saw, cut, spread, toss.

Chapter closed.