Re: Re: 's thumb....sniff sniff1

[Guest guest]

well as you know michael took ashley to the hospital for his sixth visit to give

me

a break and what do you know, they have decided to do something! Typical! They

are

going to remove the nail and trying to do it under local. I am sitting her

twiddling my thumbs.....worried...we decided it best if i didnt go since he

might

think it was a really big deal and play up.....that sounds like them back

now...gotta go see my baby!

[Guest guest]

would you believe it.......the doctor removed the nail and found a 3cm splinter

down the

length of his thumb! Poor , it must have been so painful and he has

suffered that

for almost 3 weeks. Bless him. He has been so good. He was so brave at the

hospital

only crying a little as the local anaesthetic went in. I am so proud of him.

No wonder

his thumb looked so red and swollen and green around the nail. I cannot believe

they

didn't pick this up earlier. I phoned his nursery where he did it and we can

only

assume that as he played with the cars (he was running them backwards and

forwards on a

wooden bench in the quiet area) that he somehow managed to scrape off a splinter

of wood

and ram it down the side of his nail into his thumb when he bashed the two cars

together! It makes me feel sick just thinking about it. So, he is now just

like Mr

Bump with a big bandaged thumb and we go back for visit number 7 on Thursday to

have the

dressing changed. He is also on his third lot of antibiotics!

> well as you know michael took ashley to the hospital for his sixth visit to

give me

> a break and what do you know, they have decided to do something! Typical!

They are

> going to remove the nail and trying to do it under local. I am sitting her

> twiddling my thumbs.....worried...we decided it best if i didnt go since he

might

> think it was a really big deal and play up.....that sounds like them back

> now...gotta go see my baby!

>

>

--

(feeling very wobbly and also very proud!)

Mum to (aged 4, born a whopping 11lbs 6oz) and 2 angels 20/10/98 and

24/3/00

Farnborough, Hants

[Guest guest]

for those of you who dont know the whole story, this is a quick recap.......i

also have a

question...how come the splinter was not picked up on the x-ray? was it because

it was

wood? i find it strange it wasn't picked up before. his thumb looked a mess

and just

wasn't getting any better even after so much time......

thursday (almost 3 weeks ago) - ashley bashed two cars together at

nursery, blood the lot, came home with plaster and sore thumb

saturday - thumb looked no better atall, michael was at le mans, so i

took him up to A & E where it was x-rayed and they said it was not broken

but infected....went home with sling and antibiotics

tuesday - follow up appointment - no better and thumb and wrist was

being held awkwardly by ashley (after today we realise that was probably

because he was in so much pain) so they put it in a plaster cast and

sent us home with more antibiotics

wednesday - took off plaster cast - looked a little better so they put

another plaster cast back on and told us to come back on tuesday

tuesday - went back, took of cast, looked about the same, not really any

better, maybe a little - it was difficult to tell since i hadnt seen it

for a week, sent home, told to keep him off nursery and no contact

sports

friday - follow up appointment - still no better but the doctor said he

didnt feel the need to do anything but keep an eye on and come back

tuesday

tuesday (today) - michael took ashley to give me a break and, what do

you know, they decided to do something! Bloody typical ! anyway, they

put in a local anaesthetic (ashley was so brave, despite a few tears)

and removed the nail from his thumb and found.......a 3cm long

splinter! The doctor was amazed that something so big was there...we

now realise why his thumb was so infected, swollen and sore and the

doctor couldn't believe how ashley hadn't complained! Bless him. so

now the splinter is out and he is all bandaged up and on another course

of antibiotics and we go back on thursday to have it redressed!

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(who is very sick of frimley park hospital this year since i have visited

so many

times for ashley and me!)

Mum to (aged 4, born a whopping 11lbs 6oz) and 2 angels 20/10/98 and

24/3/00

Farnborough, Hants

[Guest guest]

Oooohhhh -thinking of you lots . At least you have got to the root of

the problem now

Love Barbara

> would you believe it.......the doctor removed the nail and found a 3cm

splinter down the

> length of his thumb! ..

[Guest guest]

Oooer. I feel wobbly just thinking about it. Well done, . Brave lad.

At least you now have the problem properly diagnosed and dealt with.

Hopefully this will be your last contact with casualty this year and you can ask

them to remove your name from the seat in the waiting room!

Alison

would you believe it.......the doctor removed the nail and found a 3cm

splinter down the

length of his thumb! Poor , it must have been so painful and he has

suffered that

for almost 3 weeks. Bless him. He has been so good. He was so brave at the

hospital

only crying a little as the local anaesthetic went in. I am so proud of him.

No wonder

his thumb looked so red and swollen and green around the nail. I cannot

believe they

didn't pick this up earlier. I phoned his nursery where he did it and we can

only

assume that as he played with the cars (he was running them backwards and

forwards on a

wooden bench in the quiet area) that he somehow managed to scrape off a

splinter of wood

and ram it down the side of his nail into his thumb when he bashed the two

cars

together! It makes me feel sick just thinking about it. So, he is now just

like Mr

Bump with a big bandaged thumb and we go back for visit number 7 on Thursday

to have the

dressing changed. He is also on his third lot of antibiotics!

[Guest guest]

" A. Lavery " wrote:

> would you believe it.......the doctor removed the nail and found a 3cm

splinter down the

> length of his thumb! Poor , it must have been so painful and he has

suffered that

> for almost 3 weeks. Bless him. He has been so good. He was so brave at the

OUCH!!! Makes me shudder and cringe just reading this - must have been awful

for you to see

it first hand (so to speak!).

Hope things heal quickly.

Lesley M

x

[Guest guest]

> would you believe it.......the doctor removed the nail and

found a 3cm splinter down the

> length of his thumb!

Ooooooh , that sounds absolutely horrible :-((((( Poor

! I'm so glad they've got to the bottom of the problem

though.

Caroline, I must have deleted in my fit of getting back to

normality your mail about 's teeth but fingers crossed

they'll be okay...all these accidents - mind you, we've had three

now, haven't we? 's DS1, and ...

[Guest guest]

These little people are amazing. An invisible scrape and they scream fit for

blue murder -

sever a limb and they stoically soldier on.

BTW for those that asked it was s adult teeth hence all the surgery etc.

Give a big Jersey hug from me

Caroline

Jersey

> put in a local anaesthetic (ashley was so brave, despite a few tears)<BR>

> and removed the nail from his thumb and found.......a 3cm long<BR>

> splinter! the<BR>

> doctor couldn't believe how ashley hadn't complained! & nbsp; Bless him.

Germain

[Guest guest]

wrote.........would you believe it.......the doctor removed the nail

and found a 3cm splinter down the

length of his thumb!

--------

, how horrible. Lets hope makes a quick recovery now.

Lesley

X

Ps, Your description has put me off wanting to eat anything, that's for

sure.

[Guest guest]

ahhh, thanks Caroline and from me to too! Brave little soldiers aren't

they?!!

> These little people are amazing. An invisible scrape and they scream fit for

blue murder -

> sever a limb and they stoically soldier on.

> BTW for those that asked it was s adult teeth hence all the surgery etc.

> Give a big Jersey hug from me

> Caroline

> Jersey

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Mum to (aged 4, born a whopping 11lbs 6oz) and 2 angels 20/10/98 and

24/3/00

Farnborough, Hants

[Guest guest]

>and found a 3cm splinter

>down the

>length of his thumb!

Had to read it several times to realise you said CM and not MM.

(pale fainting noises are hard to portray in cyberspace, but oh-mi-gosh

you poor things!!!!!)

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best wishes...

Doberska - Reading, UK

NCT teacher, Teachers' Treasurer

Mum of (7), (5) & (2)

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