Friday, June 13, 2008

Broken finger?

Well, here is the story. We had just gotten to church on Wednesday night, when Austin's hand delayed in letting go of the door jam. The outside metal door slammed on Austin's poor little finger. Part of his fingernail turned black almost immediately. He ran cold water over it which made it feel a little better, but not too much. He kept telling me it hurt during church, which doesn't it always hurt when you smash a finger? By the time we got home from church, his finger had started to swell. I gave him some tylenol before bed, but it didn't stop his tears. He was in much pain which kept him up most of the night. The next morning, he was still in tears telling me it hurt. I just kept telling him, it would be sore for a few days. Then I started looking online about possible broken fingers, etc and everything I read said to get an x-ray done to be sure if it is broken or not. I then started thinking about how little Austin's bones are and how heavy that outside door is. So, we decided to take him to Children's Hospital. They did an x-ray which confirmed that it is NOT broken (PTL!), but the dr. had to drill/burn a hole in his fingernail to relieve the pressure that was continuing to build up behind his fingernail. Austin thought the tool was cool, but he didn't like the dr. squeezing his finger to release the pressure. Austin was a great patient though and I am so sorry he got hurt. I had given him Tylenol yesterday morning, but when we got there the nurses gave him some motrin also. By the time the dr. was done squeezing, he told me he would also give Austin some Tylenol with Codine to help with the extra pain from the procedure. After the ER, we went to Chik-fil-A and Austin got a kids meal (a rare treat for our family!). BTW, did you know you could trade the toy in for a small ice cream cone? I thought that was pretty neat! By the time we got home, Austin was a bit woozy to say the least, so I told him he could go lay on our bed. He slept for about 2 hours! Poor guy. He is doing much better today, but his finger is still sore. That's about it for our adventure yesterday. Yes, I did remember to take pictures! ;0) These are not for the weak! heheh!
You can see the hole if you look closely towards the base of his fingernail.
Totally worn out!!!

Prov 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise:
but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Awww...poor thing it looks like it hurt...lol ibet it did...so did Austin say it hurt when he got drilled or w/e???

♥Ashton

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