The littlest duckling recently broke her arm. She fell from the top of our plastic play structure head first. Several years ago, the play set was a gift to the biggest duckling from Nonna. Nonna feels very guilty it caused a trip to the emergency room. I am just glad it happened here and not in the US. The Big Duck and his duckling were home from the ER within an hour and a half, Xrays, cast and all. After the plaster ER cast they put on the cast shown in the photo. It is made of a plastic mesh that they heat and then mold to the arm. Hers actually goes to the shoulder, but I did not get a good photo. Worst of all, in an attempt to make up for not immortalizing the event in photos, I washed the little cast (after removal of course) in the dishwasher....ooops. It melted. It melted to all the parts of the dishwasher. I had to use the hairdryer to heat it and pry it off. Now, in her keepsake box, my littlest duckling will have a blob of beige plastic. Someday, I am sure, she will ask what it is. Hopefully, I will remember.
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