That splinter of wood in the above photo looks very small until you consider that it just spent 2 weeks under Owen's thumbnail!! It was imbedded under the nail, so you couldn't see it from the end of the nail, and it stopped somewhere past his cuticle. Two doctors visits, multiple salt-water soaks. two rounds of antibiotics, and two very painful shots of numbing medications later, his thumb is now splinter free.
I felt so bad for the little guy when we were at the doctor's office yesterday. It was so painful for him, and it took Dr. Testrout a long time to get it out. She had to cut his thumbnail way down as you can see in the above photo, and had to deal with a lot of gunk oozing out. It was pretty gross. Every time she would get a hold of the splinter, a little piece would just break off, so the splinter pictured above, is shorter than what was actually in his thumb.
Owen was so obviously in quite a lot of pain while we were at the doctor, but I am really proud of how he handled himself. And I love our family doctor. She is so good with my kids.
That splinter of wood in the above photo looks very small until you consider that it just spent 2 weeks under Owen's thumbnail!! It was imbedded under the nail, so you couldn't see it from the end of the nail, and it stopped somewhere past his cuticle. Two doctors visits, multiple salt-water soaks. two rounds of antibiotics, and two very painful shots of numbing medications later, his thumb is now splinter free.
I felt so bad for the little guy when we were at the doctor's office yesterday. It was so painful for him, and it took Dr. Testrout a long time to get it out. She had to cut his thumbnail way down as you can see in the above photo, and had to deal with a lot of gunk oozing out. It was pretty gross. Every time she would get a hold of the splinter, a little piece would just break off, so the splinter pictured above, is shorter than what was actually in his thumb. 
Owen was so obviously in quite a lot of pain while we were at the doctor, but I am really proud of how he handled himself. And I love our family doctor. She is so good with my kids.
2 comments:
That is SO gross. He seems to enjoy showing off his battle wound though, now that the traumatizing part is all over. He's a pretty tough kid.
Obviously nothin' that a litter rapper bling couldn't cure! Glad that bugger it out!!
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