Getting your money's worth

This semester we had a lab where we got the opportunity to play around and make our own splints. Each group had to make the demonstrated forearm splint but afterwards, we were allowed to make whatever we desired. I have my rollerblades here with me but my mom couldn't find my wrist guards so I decided to make a pair of wrist guards. We even allowed to use the expensive type of plastic. A small sheet of this plastic is $250. No wonder they charge patients a ridiculous amount for a small finger splint. It's pretty cool plastic. If you're molding it onto someone's hand and isn't satisfied with the results, you can simply dump it back into the hot water and it will automatically spring back to its original form. The plastic literally has memory. Cool eh...

The following pic is of me displaying my expensive wrist guards, which I paid for with my tuition fee. Becks made one of the wrist guards while I made the other one myself. I think she did an awesome job at it. Thanks Becks!

The following week I felt so confident with my new wrist guards that I decided to rollerblade to school. It wasn't as scary as I thought it would and I survived without any trauma so it's all good. People in my class thinks I should test out these new wrist guards but I rather not.