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Is it broken?

Two weeks ago (okay, so I've been busy), a heavy, metal bathroom door of the gym at Sarah's school shut on the middle finger of her left hand between the first and second knuckles. She had a bag of ice and tears in her eyes when I picked her up and decided to lay it on thick after the after school care lady told me what happened. Oh, the tragedy!

It was pretty swollen and had a "boo boo" on it fron the door digging into the finger (a little skin scapred off, but no bleeding). She was pitiful. So I made her lie down on my bed with another ice pack, gave her some Tylenol and turned on the cartoons for her. Lots of pampering.

The next morning, the finger was still swollen, so I made a splint with a popcicle stick and first aid tape and taped it to the ring finger for some company. She said, "All the kids will make fun of me!" "No they won't," I said. "They'll think it's COOL!"

I decided that it was broken. That evening she and I went to the drug store and bought one of those metal finger splints. She's been wearing it since even though her finger is much better.

Is it broken? Maybe. Why didn't I take her to the doctor? Well think about it. What's he going to do but xray it, tell me yea or nay and say, put a splint on it? There's nothing they can really do for a broken finger - it's not broken in half. I did call my mom (the nurse) to describe the injury and she agreed with me. It's not horribly deformed nor has she lost any function with it. She's done plenty of things without the splint, so I'm not worried. She's fine. And I think her finger will be a-okay, too.