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Soggy pot

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startafresh123 · 12/07/2023 20:36

My 6 yo broke his arm at school. We are now on holiday and I've got to say.. it's getting a bit damp despite his waterproof sleeve.

His pot is over his elbow, and the break is near wrist. The dampness is at the top of his arm

Any doctors? What are the implications of a damp pot? Should we seek medical attentions?

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MixedTocopherols · 12/07/2023 20:38

Sorry, I have no idea but poor DS. I am mainly posting because I had no idea "pot" could have this meaning, assuming you mean the cast on his arm.

Fillyfrog · 12/07/2023 20:41

I've never heard of pot either 🙈

rainbowunicorn · 12/07/2023 20:49

What are you talking about OP what do you mean pot?

FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 12/07/2023 20:51

If it gets damp it won't be solid anymore so will shift and flex.

Implications really depend on what kind of break and how far he is in the healing process.

I fractured the little bone in my wrist near my thumb when I was a teen. Hated my cast so did everything I could ti get it to break 'accidentally'. 2 weeks in my mum took me back to the fracture clinic because it had deteriorated quite a lot and the X-rays showed it was good enough at that point to just need a tubigrip.

Nachtvlinder · 12/07/2023 20:52

I thought it was about drainage issues with a plant pot!

HarlanPepper · 12/07/2023 20:54

rainbowunicorn · 12/07/2023 20:49

What are you talking about OP what do you mean pot?

there's this thing called context, which helps you work out what a word might mean when it's used in an unfamiliar way.

QueSyrahSyrah · 12/07/2023 20:57

And here I am, Northern and baffled that anyone DOESN'T know that a broken bone plaster cast is a 'pot'.

Sorry OP, no relevant advice to give other than solidarity in use of language.

Humidititties · 12/07/2023 21:01

NW England and it's known as a pot in my family and lots of friends...not really that hard to work out either if you'd never heard of it

JanesBlond · 12/07/2023 21:06

HarlanPepper · 12/07/2023 20:54

there's this thing called context, which helps you work out what a word might mean when it's used in an unfamiliar way.

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The context doesn’t completely help when you’ve never heard the term before. Is a pot a particular type of cast? Has he got a standard cast or a back slab type one OP? I would try to make sure it dries out fully, otherwise he might get some sort of fungal infection.

IsThatHuw · 12/07/2023 21:15

Pretty obvious what OP meant to be fair.

I’m just a little sorry this isn’t a thread about actual soggy pot, because that could have been a contender for classics.

lurchermummy · 12/07/2023 21:18

Ha I'm a Northerner living down south and remember the blank looks I got when I first used the term. Ditto "tea" for dinner, "bread cake" for bread roll, and "snicket" for alley.

ChocHotolate · 12/07/2023 21:31

Plaster of Paris = pop. It's a shortening that we use in hospitals. Never heard it call a pot.
A plaster of Paris backstab cannot tolerate getting wet and will disintegrate quite quickly. A fibreglass cast is slightly more robust as it's not quite so water soluble.

BungalowBuyer · 12/07/2023 21:45

It's called either a pot or a cast where I'm from, there's life north of Watford.

UndercoverCop · 12/07/2023 21:48

I'd never heard this either until I lived with a girl from Yorkshire 😁,I clicked on this would be what it meant lovely but of nostalgia.
Sorry OP have no idea how much of an issue of night be except it might get a bit smelly?

GreenMini · 12/07/2023 21:49

I'm 49 years old and I have never once heard the word Pot used for a plaster cast.
I envisaged your marijuana stash had got rained on!

Nellythelefun · 12/07/2023 21:52

Oh come on. The op states that it goes over his elbow and it's related to a broken arm. Why is everyone broadcasting their lack of English comprehension skills like it's something to be proud of?

Rubyupbeat · 12/07/2023 21:55

Haha, I am nearly 70 and never heard it called a pot. Live in the south east

Rubyupbeat · 12/07/2023 21:55

Sorry, nearly 60

RampantIvy · 12/07/2023 21:56

I'm a Londoner now living in Yorkshire. I have always known a plaster cast as a pot.

FernsInTheFire · 12/07/2023 22:03

Well, I’ll put my hands up re poor reading comprehension. I thought from the thread title it was going to be about potatoes gone wrong and with that in mind I imagined the elbow / injury-related ‘pot’ was some sort of lump or bump.

You learn something new every day!

BiscuitsandPuffin · 12/07/2023 22:07

BungalowBuyer · 12/07/2023 21:45

It's called either a pot or a cast where I'm from, there's life north of Watford.

This isn't a word in this context in Staffordshire. And PS Watford is nowhere near the Watford Gap.

OP those waterproof covers are for occasional water and careful bathing, not swimming, sea etc. You haven't been letting him swim, shower etc like normal have you??

OneHundredOtters · 12/07/2023 22:09

This happened to mine when I went on holiday around the fingers and the end due to hand washing and the heat mostly I think. Fortunately I had it replaced anyway as they'd cut it so I could fly and I had to have surgery when I got back but the actual break was in my wrist and that but was fine so it wasn't a problem.

Has he got a follow up appointment?

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startafresh123 · 13/07/2023 07:18

Haha I never even knew 'pot' was a northern thing..

I wouldn't say it's structural integrity has failed yet, his break is about an inch from his wrist and the damp part is right at the top over elbow.

We have an appointment at the fracture clinic when we get back when I assume they will replace it anyway because it's been split for the flight.

It's dry again today. I reckon just carry on and hope for the best. It's extremely hot so will be difficult to try and keen him out of the water and he's not in any pain at all.

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startafresh123 · 13/07/2023 07:20

Yes we have been letting him swim as normal, the doctor said it would be fine.

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