Back to the ER

When the kids were a bit younger, we spent a considerable amount of time in urgent care or the ER. My kids have broken a few bones over the years: Josh broke a toe, Gideon broke his collarbone, Mackenzie broke her leg. But it's been a good while since we had any reason to go to the ER. Until yesterday. Gideon and Zion were in their room, and Zion tripped and fell, and his knee came down right on Gideon's right hand. Gideon's finger was displaced very badly, and I was pretty sure it was broken. So we went on down to the ER and had it checked out. Gideon's finger looked like this:

After they did the x-rays, the doctor said that it was broken at the base of the ring finger. He then had to reduce it (put it back into the right place). The nurse bandaged it up, and then he looked like this:

As you can see, the lortab was very useful. We went to see Dr. Rehak (yep that's his name) today, and he said that he has to keep it buddy-taped 24/7 for the next two weeks. After that, he can remove it twice a day for the next two weeks, then he has a follow-up appointment. Hopefully everything will be all healed by then.

Part of having kids is these kinds of visits. I have to say that the ER at John Hughston hospital is exceptionally efficient and friendly. And the staff at Dr. Rehak's office at the Hughston Clinic are just awesome. It makes these kinds of traumatic accidents a little more bearable when you don't have to deal with people who hate their jobs.