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oh man. today was NOT a good day.
well, most of it was okay. i mean, finn didn't nap but that happens sometimes and although it makes him a grump for the later part of the afternoon and the evening, it's no big deal.
however, right after we finished dinner, i was sitting in the living room and finn was running around being a little crazy, as usual. he tripped and fell kind of hard. i wouldn't worry about it because he falls ALL THE TIME, but he screamed and started crying pretty frantically immediately and ran to me. i looked, and his toe was clearly not right. it was basically pointing sideways, which about made me vomit. i cannot deal with broken bones of any kind.
i screeched at gavin and we raced to the car and drove to urgent care, which luckily is just down the road. finn stopped crying pretty quickly, which shocked me. we got taken in right away and the nurse told us the toe was clearly dislocated, and they'd get the doctor in to tell us if we needed to go to children's hospital or not. it took at least fifteen minutes for the doctor to come in, and i was getting pretty pissed. i was kind of a wreck, so it was really good that gavin was there. he held finn in his lap and kept him distracted. i mentioned how upset i was, and finn said "it will be okay, mama. you not worry about it." i seriously couldn't believe my almost three year old with a dislocated pinky toe was sitting there comforting ME.
so the doctor finally came in and said we needed to do x-rays. we did, finn was SUCH a trooper during the whole thing, and of course it turned out his toe was dislocated and also fractured. i don't know how he was sitting there not crying. i think i would've been crying!
we opted to have finn get some shots in the toe before putting it back... the doctor could've just straightened it, but no guarantee it would pop right back and we would still have to tape it up, etc. really, there was no good option. the shot had to go in each side of his toe, and finn SCREAMED. it was awful. but it numbed it up pretty quickly, we calmed finn down with a popsicle, and the doc straightened out and taped up the toe without it hurting finn any further.
it was kind of awful. i hate any kind of broken bones or anything, and it's so much worse when it was finn. we have to keep his toe buddy-taped for the next six weeks, and make him wear shoes as much as possible. we went over to target and bought him a cute, comfortable pair of small slippers so i can try to make him wear them in the house. it's going to be tough, but we really need to be careful with his toe, not let it get jostled too much or catch on anything.
so, NOT a good night, and i'm still just all out of sorts about it. i ate three brownies mindlessly while i was trying to watch some project runway but i just keep thinking about that poor, mistreated little toe. the numbing is going to wear off soon, so we'll see how much it's bothering him tomorrow. hopefully not too much; i'm already scared about trying to re-tape it, but it has to be done. my poor little dude.
well, most of it was okay. i mean, finn didn't nap but that happens sometimes and although it makes him a grump for the later part of the afternoon and the evening, it's no big deal.
however, right after we finished dinner, i was sitting in the living room and finn was running around being a little crazy, as usual. he tripped and fell kind of hard. i wouldn't worry about it because he falls ALL THE TIME, but he screamed and started crying pretty frantically immediately and ran to me. i looked, and his toe was clearly not right. it was basically pointing sideways, which about made me vomit. i cannot deal with broken bones of any kind.
i screeched at gavin and we raced to the car and drove to urgent care, which luckily is just down the road. finn stopped crying pretty quickly, which shocked me. we got taken in right away and the nurse told us the toe was clearly dislocated, and they'd get the doctor in to tell us if we needed to go to children's hospital or not. it took at least fifteen minutes for the doctor to come in, and i was getting pretty pissed. i was kind of a wreck, so it was really good that gavin was there. he held finn in his lap and kept him distracted. i mentioned how upset i was, and finn said "it will be okay, mama. you not worry about it." i seriously couldn't believe my almost three year old with a dislocated pinky toe was sitting there comforting ME.
so the doctor finally came in and said we needed to do x-rays. we did, finn was SUCH a trooper during the whole thing, and of course it turned out his toe was dislocated and also fractured. i don't know how he was sitting there not crying. i think i would've been crying!
we opted to have finn get some shots in the toe before putting it back... the doctor could've just straightened it, but no guarantee it would pop right back and we would still have to tape it up, etc. really, there was no good option. the shot had to go in each side of his toe, and finn SCREAMED. it was awful. but it numbed it up pretty quickly, we calmed finn down with a popsicle, and the doc straightened out and taped up the toe without it hurting finn any further.
it was kind of awful. i hate any kind of broken bones or anything, and it's so much worse when it was finn. we have to keep his toe buddy-taped for the next six weeks, and make him wear shoes as much as possible. we went over to target and bought him a cute, comfortable pair of small slippers so i can try to make him wear them in the house. it's going to be tough, but we really need to be careful with his toe, not let it get jostled too much or catch on anything.
so, NOT a good night, and i'm still just all out of sorts about it. i ate three brownies mindlessly while i was trying to watch some project runway but i just keep thinking about that poor, mistreated little toe. the numbing is going to wear off soon, so we'll see how much it's bothering him tomorrow. hopefully not too much; i'm already scared about trying to re-tape it, but it has to be done. my poor little dude.