So... after Ike's swollen finger came down a bit, we notice a dark line, it could be a splinter or a bruise or dried blood... we wait a day and a poll shows that most moms think its a splinter, so off to the hospital we go (again!) at 4 pm.
The dr that sees it suggests immediate check in as the surgeon is available at 8pm. We do Xrays and nothing is visible (bruise?? dried blood? another miracle at the Xray place? btw where ike is watching thomas the train is where nate jumped on and relocated his arm)., well bad news this time, its a splinter.
We check into the ward, no food or drink for ike, he doesn't complain and just lies quietly on my chest and watches TV. Loren goes home to put Nate to sleep and joins me, Michelle brought some clothes (cleaned Ike up a bit with a wipe down) and delicious tacos, which i had to eat much later...
The dr comes and explains that with anything to do with the hand, he wants to be more aggressive and so he wants to take the nail out and clean the area properly, so there is no blood poisoning or further infection where the thumb has to be removed (in which case I quote, "then you might as well take of the whole hand as we are the only primates that can use the thumb).
We finally get prepped for surgery at 815, Ike likes his little robe (I think he would have made a cute little girl), the hospital is really nice so are the staff. They gas him and he drops off to sleep with no fuss (expectation was a for a bit of excitement in the child). Surgery at 9 is out by 930, screaming and disorientated, hates his drip, pulls it out, blood is flying and squirting! He calms down and is asleep. The splinter is 8mm in length. The nail bed was slightly slightly infected and the nail was loose, it would have popped out in 5 days. I should maybe gold plate the splinter? and mount it on a small frame and hang it on the Ike wall (like in Meet the Fokkers), the thumbnail will require too much gold with gold prices today!
Well no sleep for me! he moves around the cot alot, at some point his surgery robe comes off (I put on a shirt for him). He got home at 6am ate a BIG bowl of cereal and popped back for a nap at 8am, its 10am now... and he has a bandage appointment at 11... will we make it? Ike happily shows off his big "boo boo".
He has some thumbnail therapy to do as well, which I think involves a massage and moving the thumb. Enough adventures! tho while he was checked in, another boy (aged 11?) was in as he was involved in a motorbike accident on one of those tracks here and burst his spleen. Should I cocoon these kids up?
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