http://feminine-menace.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] feminine-menace.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] ways_infirmary2007-03-03 12:39 pm
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Today's the Day!

YT's had the cast and crutches for two days, since she and her plank had a disagreement with a patch of ice that resulted in her spraining an ankle. Dr. Sandhu said it would be good for her to come back in forty-eight hours to make sure everything was going okay, before she dispensed with the crutches. So she's back in the infirmary to get a checkup. She wonders if she'll be seeing the same doctor today, or someone different.

"Hello?" she calls. "I need some time with one of the nifty Star Trek scanners."
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[personal profile] guppy_sandhu 2007-03-07 10:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Guppy appears from the next room when his mun starts paying attention.

"Hey. How are you doing?"

[identity profile] feminine-menace.livejournal.com 2007-03-07 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)


YT smiles at the doctor. "Hi. I'm doing lots better, I think. I took the bandage off this morning to check and it's hardly swollen at all. 'Course I wrapped it up again. But I don't want to start walking on it without a second opinion."
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[personal profile] guppy_sandhu 2007-03-07 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ooc: *snugs* No problem. Feel free to ping me next time if I'm not paying attention.]

Guppy smiles. "Sounds good. If you'd like to just take a seat I'll have a look. How's the pain?"

[identity profile] feminine-menace.livejournal.com 2007-03-07 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
YT makes her way over to one of the beds and hoists herself up onto it. "Well, when I first hurt it, it was sore if I just moved it too fast. Now it's only if I do something like this." YT demonstrates by applying pressure to her ankle with two fingers. "And then not much. But I haven't tried stepping on it yet."
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[personal profile] guppy_sandhu 2007-03-07 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Guppy nods. "Sounds like it's healing just fine. Can you take your shoe off for me please?"

[identity profile] feminine-menace.livejournal.com 2007-03-07 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
This time, YT doesn't cringe at the thought of taking off her sneaker and aggravating her ankle. She just does it the way she normally would, and although she gets a flare of soreness, it's nothing serious. She then wiggles her toes, which are sticking out of the end of the bandage. "See? Lots better."
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[personal profile] guppy_sandhu 2007-03-07 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good. Can you lift it for me? And point down. And turn it a circle for me."

[identity profile] feminine-menace.livejournal.com 2007-03-07 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
YT does all these things, stretching her ankle any way she can think of. At some extremes, it's very uncomfortable, and she's pretty sure she doesn't have a full range of motion on it yet. "Can't quite bend it all the way," she summarizes.
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[personal profile] guppy_sandhu 2007-03-07 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Okay, then you still need to go easy on it."

He runs the scanner over it, just to check there was nothing he missed the first time.

"Yeah, it's fine. Keep doing what you are, go easy on it until a couple days after it stops hurting, and come back if there's any problems, ok?"

[identity profile] feminine-menace.livejournal.com 2007-03-07 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
YT sighs. "Okay." She sounds despondent. She hoped she'd be able to walk by now and get back to skateboarding in a couple of days. "Thanks," she says, trying to sound brighter. YT doesn't want to shoot the messenger - heck, most of the time, she is the messenger, and she certainly doesn't want to get shot.

"I guess I won't be on my plank again for a while." YT grabs her crutches and slides off the bed. "And I don't even have a cast people can sign. Poor me."
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[personal profile] guppy_sandhu 2007-03-07 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well you can walk around on it, so long as you're careful. And better for it to heal properly then you go back on your board and hurt it more."

[identity profile] feminine-menace.livejournal.com 2007-03-07 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
YT smiles at that. "Well, walking's good enough for now. And I know better'n to try and skateboard on it." She leans the crutches against the wall and takes a few experimental steps. The ankle is sore, and she limps, but it's manageable - and she figures that as long as she doesn't try to run or something, she should be fine. "Yeah. This seems to be working out okay."
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[personal profile] guppy_sandhu 2007-03-08 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
"Hang onto the crutches as long as you need. Everything else okay? Not found any new injuries from the first accident since then? I know it happens."

[identity profile] feminine-menace.livejournal.com 2007-03-08 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
YT shakes her head. "This is it. The only other thing I've gotten from that accident is potentially terminal boredom as a consequence of having to sit around all day."
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[personal profile] guppy_sandhu 2007-03-08 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
"Well that's good." He smiles. "And Bar may be able to put you up with some reading material or something if that's any help."

"Anyway yeah, just take care and let me know if you have any problems."

[identity profile] feminine-menace.livejournal.com 2007-03-08 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Thanks again," YT says. She takes the crutches with her, as the doctor advised, but walks out under her own power this time.
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