AIBU to allow DD to go camping with a broken big toe?

[MoFoFlo]

14yo DD broke her big toe last weekend. She had it x-rayed and strapped up at A&E, follow up appointment two days ago where the doctor was happy that it was looking good and starting to heal nicely. She's been advised to take it easy for the next few weeks and avoid getting the strapping wet. She's walking a bit slowly and awkwardly at the moment, but it's not really causing her pain. She walked home from school this afternoon as I was working and couldn't pick her up.

She's been invited to go camping this weekend with a group of friends. The parents of one of the girls will be going too. It's just for one night, about an hour and a half drive away.

I'm really not sure whether to let her go. They'll be going to the beach and I'm sure they'll end up walking more than is probably a good idea with a broken toe. I also don't want her to be a burden on her friends or the parents, or for her to end up being left out on her own while the others go off and have fun. She's usually pretty sensible and can be trusted not to do anything daft like climbing up the rocks.

She's struggled a bit with friendship issues in the past, so it's lovely to see that she's settled in with a nice group of friends and they've missed out on so much this past year or so already.

Any MNers with broken big toe experience able to offer any advice?

I know nothing about broken toes but could you put a plea out amongst all your local fiends and neighbours to see if anybody has a foot or leg cast cover they could lend you.

I used one in a beach holiday with a broken tibia.

I think it depends on how solid her friendship group is. If they are really tight and happy to be less active because they want her to be there then great but if they all fall in and out with lots of drama and won't adapt their plans then I would say no.

I'd let her go and trust the other parent going to keep an eye.
It's going to be so hot I don't think they'll want to go far?

I would, I'd just let her and the other mum know I could come and pick her up if there were any problems.
Broken toes aren't that painful and heal relatively quickly ime. (However my experience is anecdotal not professional so her broken toe could be completely different)

At 14, she should be able to weigh up what is manageable for her with her leg in a cast. She should find out what sort of activities will be involved in this trip and make the decision from there.

I broke my big toe November '18. It felt weird and uncomfortable for a few weeks, but honestly, as long as I was wearing sensible footwear, it didn't cause me much issue.

I'd let her go, but make sure the other parent knows about it. And it's one night. They're not hiking Everest.

I'd let her go but tell her you could pick her up if it gets too sore. I've got a broken foot at the moment and was back to teaching all day after 3 days at home. Sounds like she's coping with it and healing really well.