Should have gone to the ER earlier

[Pelado]

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[falafel]

Is that your child's hand? OUCH! Is everything okay? What happened?

[hostile]

Looks like a smashed finger with underlying nailbed injury. In kids there is a risk for an open fracture through the growth plate of the finger bone. If not treated appropriately there is a high risk for infection.

[myboynoah]

Looks like a smashed finger with underlying nailbed injury. In kids there is a risk for an open fracture through the growth plate of the finger bone. If not treated appropriately there is a high risk for infection.

So clinical. Have you no feelings?

[Blueintheface]

So clinical. Have you no feelings?

Only for bee stings.

[Pelado]

Looks like a smashed finger with underlying nailbed injury. In kids there is a risk for an open fracture through the growth plate of the finger bone. If not treated appropriately there is a high risk for infection.

We have a winner. Her middle finger was caught in the sliding van door last night. I dressed it with gauze and medical tape, but I couldn't really see the extent of the injury. When I opened it up this morning, I realized I needed to take her to the doctor.

When the primary care physician saw it, she said it needed x-rays because of potential damage to the bone, and that there could be damage to the nail bed.

The ER doc said he couldn't close the wound since it had been over 12 hours, and they didn't want to trap any bacteria in. After consulting with a hand surgeon, he did place a single stitch just to keep the flap from causing problems. He ordered antibiotics (IV because of some existing issues). We're supposed to change the dressing daily, and not wrap it too tightly.

Had I taken her in last night (like my wife wanted), I would have avoided a couple steps of trauma for my daughter, and the would have been able to close the wound better, which may have led to a better recovery.

[byu71]

We have a winner. Her middle finger was caught in the sliding van door last night. I dressed it with gauze and medical tape, but I couldn't really see the extent of the injury. When I opened it up this morning, I realized I needed to take her to the doctor.

When the primary care physician saw it, she said it needed x-rays because of potential damage to the bone, and that there could be damage to the nail bed.

The ER doc said he couldn't close the wound since it had been over 12 hours, and they didn't want to trap any bacteria in. After consulting with a hand surgeon, he did place a single stitch just to keep the flap from causing problems. He ordered antibiotics (IV because of some existing issues). We're supposed to change the dressing daily, and not wrap it too tightly.

Had I taken her in last night (like my wife wanted), I would have avoided a couple steps of trauma for my daughter, and the would have been able to close the wound better, which may have led to a better recovery.

I hope your wife is a forgiving person. Best wishes to your daughter. I hurt for her.

[hostile]

So clinical. Have you no feelings?

None. I am beyond feeling.

These hurt. A lot. She should be fine, may have a funky looking fingernail for a while.

[Pelado]

None. I am beyond feeling.

These hurt. A lot. She should be fine, may have a funky looking fingernail for a while.

The fingernail is definitely going to fall off.

[BigPiney]

We have a winner. Her middle finger was caught in the sliding van door last night.

Was it one of those doors that close with a motor, or goes someone also have the guilt of shutting the door on her?

[hostile]

The fingernail is definitely going to fall off.

It will likely look weird for a while even after the nail falls off and the new one grows in.

[Pelado]

Was it one of those doors that close with a motor, or goes someone also have the guilt of shutting the door on her?

Automatic sliding door on the Odyssey.

It will likely look weird for a while even after the nail falls off and the new one grows in.

Likely. The ER doc thought it would heal up pretty well, but it was pretty sobering to hear that it almost cut all the way through the tip of the finger.

[Moliere]

Automatic sliding door on the Odyssey.



Likely. The ER doc thought it would heal up pretty well, but it was pretty sobering to hear that it almost cut all the way through the tip of the finger.

This is like chum in the water to a board full of lawyers...