Two roommates in white long leg casts in their living room

Two Casts, One Sofa: The Roommates' Recovery Club

What are the odds? Jade, 28, slipped on wet stairs. Twelve days later Emma, 27, landed badly on a run. Their flat now holds two long leg casts and a very full umbrella stand of crutches.

Friday · Cast check

Every Friday they check each other's casts: edges, padding, toes. Then they decide who gets to keep her leg on the coffee table.

Saturday · Visitors

A friend in a wheelchair with pink arm and leg casts visiting the roommates
A friend came by in her own pink casts. The flat officially became a club.

Word got around. Ana, with a pink cast on her arm and her leg, arrived with pizza. Three casts, one wheelchair, zero room to move.

A friend propping a pink leg cast up on a footstool
House rule: whoever can kneel does the footstool.

Breaking a leg alone is hard. Breaking it with your roommate is a sitcom.

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