What's that on Grace's foot?!?

Grace is very proud of the German homework books that she's prepared for Sue, Russ and Henry.  See?  But what's that on Grace's foot you ask?  A cast!

The Wednesday evening before our trip to Vienna (next post), Grace fell off a footstool backwards and really hurt her toe.  It was so swollen the next day that we couldn't figure out how to get her down our stairs, to school on the tram, etc.  By Friday, she could hop on it pretty well and we had friends that said they'd bring us some crutches to her school.  We got her to school.

We didn't take her to the doctor because we thought, "it's a toe; they'll probably just buddy tape it."  Anyway, we got on the train to Vienna Friday afternoon with brand new crutches (our friends forgot to bring them into school) and we had a weekend in Vienna where Grace was pretty limited in getting around (next post).

By the time we returned, it was one of those things ... even if they didn't do anything, we just wanted to know ... broke or not broke.  Verdict:  hairline fracture of her big toe.  Cast for three weeks.  And as you can see, the cast doesn't cover her toe and extends just short of her knee.   Me thinks this is to just slow her down so that she doesn't do any more damage!

Grace is getting along fine now that the swelling is down.  She uses the crutches when she goes out to help her go up and down stairs or on/off the trams.  And this event has made us realize how many stairs are at Grace's school (German lessons in the basement, girls' restroom on the first floor, and her classroom on the second floor -- all without an elevator!).  But if Grace is on flat terrain she doesn't need the crutches.  As her mobility has increased, we are glad for the cast.

A parting picture of her German teacher's cast note:
Slow Down! :-)

Russ