Changa seems to be doing just fine using her left hand, despite being a very dominant right hander usually. Her splint rode up and came off 2x, both times, she WIGGED because it's bloody and looks bad. Today we went to the Orthopedist, and they took a look. (It was only a PAII not a physician hmmmm), but he showed me the Xray (digital), where the break was, explained it would heal fine, and that the wound looks good.
She wigged when they wanted to take it off at the doctor, but I told her she'd get a clean non-bloody one, and she stopped screaming mid-howl. "They give me clean one mama? That so nice. I like clean one. This one too bloody." It had dried blood on the splint from the day-of. And it made her cry every time she saw it!
The stitches on the side of her finger can be taken out on Thu (so we go back). The ones across where her poor finger nail used to be are dissolve-able. The E/R doc said the nail "should" grow back. I'm sure hoping it will!!!
He gave her the all-clear to go to camp, as long as the counselors keep her from doing anything nutty. (good luck to them, I can't keep her from jumping off the coffee table repeatedly!) She can't swim, of course. And she CAN swim, in 2 weeks, which is great news since we are going on vacation shortly, which involves swimming. We drive all day Saturday, so it's just Sunday she couldn't swim, and I'll ask if we can cheat a day when we go in again on Thu to remove the stitches.
Mr. H and my Mom think I should force an actual MD to look at the broken bone and be sure it will knit back STRAIGHT. I understand their concern. The splint is so hard to keep on her though, it's those metal framed foam dealies, and it's really quite top heavy on her little hand? It's also not really going to force the bone back straight, as is. But I see the concern about her whacking it.
It's hard to figure out. It's her right hand. She's right handed. She's 2. Given that she WILL whack it once it hurts less.... Right now she holds up her hurt paw when playing to keep it away from stuff, like in the sand, she had it in the air.
So that's the report. I'm relieved things look OK so far!
We are having oodles of fun feeding her hotpink Keflex 4 times per day. That involves waking her up before we go to bed for a dose, poor thing. She's been SO asleep the last two nights, it's taken work to rouse her.
But I think she'll survive the Hand Mash of 2008. It seems to be open hunting season on kid hands. Our friend's child, apparently stuck her hand in the ball return at a bowling alley. Not broken, but smashed black and blue. Kids.
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OMG to the ball return hand jam. OMG. And that reminds me - when I was, hmm, maybe 6? I got my finger sucked into an elevator door pocket. I keep thinking about that lately when riding in elevators with the boys. As they get older, the possibilities for dismemberment seem to increase exponentially. I'll be a puddle of neurotic jell-O before they're 13.
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