Thumb Update

Turns out Collin's thumb is broken!  Friday afternoon after school, I noticed his thumb was still swollen.  Sure, we did not ice it as much in the last day but I would have expected some of the swelling to go down.  It had not changed at all.  The bruising was not as deep but it had spread around his thumb and to the inside of his palm.  Knowing our neighbor was studying to be a Physician's Assistant, we asked her to look at it.  Collin could move his thumb all around without pain.  However, when she slightly squeezed the bone between the thumb knuckle and the hand, Collin winced a little.  She looked at me and I knew we needed to get that thumb X-rayed. 


Collin and I packed up and went to one of those doctor offices in the strip center that had an X-ray.  The doctor did the same thing as our neighbor and agreed he needed an X-ray.  At this point, it was not obvious if he had a fracture or a broken bone...or just a deep bruise.


Collin hat a lot of questions about the X-ray machine, why he was wearing a "skirt" (the lead skirt to protect his "parts") and if he needed a shot.  He was most concerned about the shot which is why I think he was so talkative. 


He did great during the X-ray and wanted to see the picture after each one.  The nurse took four pictures.  Only until she took the last one did I see a small piece of bone detached and the base where the bone connected to the hand.  I was hoping I did not see that right....but turns out that I did.  The doctor said he did break the bone because it was more than a fracture.  He has to wear an arm brace that holds his thumb still until we meet with an orthopedic surgeon to see what that doctor says we need to do next, if anything at all.

First X-ray.  He did great at being still.

He gave me a big smile just before the nurse took the X-ray picture of this position

See, he does not look like he is in pain. 

Up close of the brace

Collin does not like the attention with the brace BUT does like wearing it.  He is mainly bummed that he cannot play in the basketball game Saturday afternoon.  We plan to go anyway to cheer on the team.  He was then excited that it was movie night because he knew he could not play video games with the brace.  He chose Ratatouille and The Lorax.    Great choices because we had not seen these in awhile.  It turned out to be a nice evening waiting for Mimi and Aunt Nancy to come over (Nancy is in town for the weekend).