the Schrader 5

Sunday evening while we were taking a walk with the boys who were riding their scooters, Ethan decided to take a break and walk for a while too. Poor Ethan fell while holding his scooter, and his body landed on the scooter with his left hand on the bottom. This resulted in a lot of crying and even more blood. After some deliberation, we decided that a trip the ER was needed. Ethan was certain that no stitches were needed and did not want to go, but we convinced him otherwise. He was so cute right after; he said that all he wanted for Christmas was to have his finger better and to not be in pain.

It's a good thing we went though, because he broke the tip of his thumb, fractured his index finger and needed to have his thumb nail removed to stitch the huge cut under the nail (which they later stitched back in place as a pseudo-bandage). Ethan was a real trooper while we were there. I still don't know where the bravery came from, but he got the through the whole thing with almost no tears. The ER staff even couldn't believe how good he was.

Well, he has to miss school for the next two days and has a couple of follow-up appointments in the next week. They even advised that we take him to see a specialist, just as a precaution I guess. Pictures to follow later.