More Tales of a Broken Finger

Today I ventured to Kaiser again. This time to the Orthopedic Doctor. He had great news for me and some not so great news for me. The great news is that I got a new splint cast thing that doesn't cover my entire finger and make my finger stiff. The not so great news is that I no longer can pursue my career apirations to be a hand model because for the rest of my life I will have a crooked right ring finger. Unfortunately I waited too long to actually go to the doctor after the initial break, that unless I have surgery (which could possibly give me a stiff finger) there is nothing they can do since the bone has already started to grow back together. The other "exciting" news is that I have arthritis in my finger now and will for the rest of my life because of the break. I do have to say that I have taken this surprisingly well. I keep telling myself there's really not much I can do since it was just one of those freak accidents. I do have this to finish with though: I don't think I will ever be playing dodgeball again (at least not with high school students, possibly preschoolers)!

Broken Finger Woes

So, I broke my finger two weeks ago and didn't actually have full knowledge of the break until about two days ago! I finally decided to go to the doctor after two weeks of complaining about how much my jammed finger still hurt. You know it's not a good sign when the doctor takes one look at your finger before asking what's wrong and says, "Oh! That doesn't look good, we should have it x-rayed." I preceded to have my finger x-rayed and after getting the results back the doctor kindly informed me that I have a broken right ring finger. I am very sad at the moment because it is very hard to do anything with only three fingers (the pinky by itself is worthless). The incredibly sad thing about my broken finger is that it broke from getting hit by a dodgeball that a high school student threw. Oh well, at least it's cool to have my first broken bone!

This is my very first blog and who knows if anyone will ever read it. My husband, Mike said I should start a blog , so I did. I have no insight to anything exciting. I am just a youth pastors wife who works at an elementary school and have a pretty uneventful life. I did just break my finger. The first ever broken bone in my body. I wish I had a cooler story, but I broke it playing Dodgeball against some high school students. I hopoe that if you are reading this you enjoy my frequent or infrequent ramblings.