Ok, here will be a sounding board for Church ball injuries. I'll start with Dan's and I hope you'll add your story.
Saturday Dan took Alex for a little early morning basketball. I was on my way up there to do my report (VT). We passed on the road so I inquired why he was headed home. "I busted my finger." "Like, you jammed it?" "Uh, no. I busted it." Well, whatever that means. So, I go do my report and when I get home Dan's hand is a balloon! I suggest he head to urgent care. "Well, I guess I should." Men, honestly; I would have gone to get medical attention before coming home!
It turns out he was blocking a bounce pass and stuck his itty bitty right pinky out there. He snapped (yuck!) it and thinking it was dislocated he pushed it back. Unfortunately he actually snapped it (the x-ray shows a nice diagonal break) but he did a good job putting it back in place according to the urgent care Dr. (or whatever they have there).
He is splinted and will be heading to another Dr. today to get it set. Oh, that is going to be painful! It has been interesting what a stir a little pinky can cause. We have had to switch sides of the bed so I don't whack it. He is driving my car since he can not shift his truck. I get to help with his showering and drying. We'll see today how it slows down his typing at work.
I have no pictures of this, but imagine your little pinky sticking out at a 90deg angle just above the knuckle. I'm glad I didn't have to see that!
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Ben felt so bad that he broke it! I did the same thing to my finger, except I was in fourth grade at the time. Good old 90 degree angle's. Hope that he heals quickly.
Oh that's no fun! I hope it heals quickly!
Ouch!!!
I just saw pics of the X-ray! OWIE!
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