This is Russell speaking here.
I am so sick and tired of this darn cast that I ALWAYS have to wear. It's there when I sleep, eat, breathe, poop-well, you get the picture. I've had it on for as long as I can remember-except for a few days a couple of months ago. Which leads me to tell you that I KNOW for a fact my parents can get it off. I've yet to convince them to do it again though. Just so you know, I'm a very patient guy. I wear this thing, and I don't really complain. I've figured out how to do just about anything/everything with it on-sometimes better than those who don't have to wear a cast around their torso. I'm getting pretty strong too. I figure there is some unknown reason I have to wear this; I trust my parents. I know they love me and I know this is somehow good for me. But that doesn't mean I have to like it. So I'll let you in on a little secret: there is one thing I've figured out to do to "remind" my parents that I'd like it off.
First, I have to explain that I have to wear a Knit-Rite shirt underneath the cast. Something about this shirt is unique-if you pull on the threads, you can unravel the shirt and make awesome holes in it. I've made several pretty awesome ones-I know they're awesome because of the big reactions I get from my parents when they see them. But, not only do you get to "improve" the shirt, you also get really long pieces of "string" from the shirt when you do this. You can wrap them around your finger, eat them, throw them on the floor, or-and this is the best idea-you can stick them up your nose!!! Seriously! Noses make great hiding places. And that gets a REALLY cool reaction from my parents too. Even better than when they see the big holes. After that reaction dies down, they take off my "improved" shirt, and put on one that doesn't have any holes (yet). Which is awesome too-it's like a whole new canvas to make brand new holes in!!! It's great!! So far, I have 5 "masterpieces".
And if you want to see my masterpieces, you better come soon. My parents are making me wear these really tight shirts now over the top of my cast, and I can't make those holes anymore (yet). I'm a pretty smart guy though. I wonder if I try to get my fingers down in there again...who knows. Maybe it'll work next time.
***Back to Mom (Amy): He really is too smart for his own good. It did work again...even with the tight shirt on over the cast. I wrote the above portion yesterday (didn't post it until today when I loaded the pictures), then this morning I went in to his room to find another ruined 40$ knit-rite shirt. He is getting his cast off in two days...but he'll have to wear these shirts again under his brace. Anyone got any ideas?
