Claire's first ER visit

Three weeks ago, Claire and Ethan were chasing each other around and Claire ended up with her thumb slammed in their bedroom door.  Her entire nail was ripped clean off down to the nail root (under the skin).  It was kind of traumatic... both for Claire and for David who passed out from seeing his little girl in so much pain!  Imagine me, holding Claire who is bleeding and crying, saying, "Ethan, please get me another cotton pad out of the closet...try not to step on Daddy..."

We took Claire and her nail to the E.R. where they put the nail back in place and stitched it back on as a "biological bandaid."  Fortunately, x-rays did not show any bone injury.  Time will tell whether her nail will grow back normally. 

Claire watching cartoons while she waits for her thumb to numb before stitches.

Claire liked her green "hospital dress" and Maisy Mouse stickers. 

This girl never takes naps, but she was tuckered out after her morning at the E.R.

 A few days later, I told Claire we needed to go back to the hospital to pick up her x-rays.  She held up her non-injured thumb and asked, "To do my other finger?"  Here's her thumb on day 3. 

As traumatic as the experience was, she sure enjoyed picking out a new bandaid each day that first week.   She looks forward to dr. appointments and reminds us at every family prayer to bless her thumb.  Two weeks later, her stitches were removed and the old nail came off.  Hopefully we'll see new nail growth in a month or two.