Lil' Lucy's Poor Finger
Last night as I was making white chicken chili for dinner, Lucy fileted her finger while trying to pull the lid off a can of beans. The tip of her pointer finger got stuck between the sharp edge of the opened can and the inside edge of the can. I couldn't get her finger out, so she took the can and got it out by herself. She was a tough girl all the way through the 3.5 hour trip to the E.R., the shots of sleepy medicine, the I.V. to sedate her, the 13 stitches and then waking up and coming home (after going through the drive-thru at Dairy Queen for a Blizzard). When we went to the doctor's office for a follow-up visit today, she pulled the bandage off and saw her stitched-up finger for the first time. She was horrified. She started crying and asking all sorts of questions. It did look pretty gruesome, lots of black, spikey knots of suture and red, swollen skin.
But, she is a trooper and she had a pretty normal day today, even helping me through the whole process of making sugar cookies for Finn's classroom. Her bandage got tinted with red, not blood, but frosting.
And, here she is! Hooray for recoveries! Hooray that whole terrifying ordeal is overwith! Hooray for modern anaesthetics! And, hooray for Santa sugar cookies!
2 comments:
i was so sad for her when i heard about that! i am so glad she made it through. children are so amazing when it comes to stuff like that! they're just so brave. i just want to kiss that little rascal and hold her tight! and cute cookies! they look like they came from a specialty bakery!
Oh I feel sad and bad for her too - she needs a cozy bath and cozy blanket around her to rest. I hope it heals well. I love that Lucy! Glad she is ok! You all made such cute cookies.
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