Trip to the ER

Last night I left the RS General Broadcast early because Addie was super grumpy after not having an afternoon nap. I call Jarom on my way home (he had been at work all day) and he tells me he "took a chunk out of his knuckle while trying to fix someones range as a favor". I asked him if we needed to go to the ER and he said no.

I get home and see it, and you could see the tendon and muscle it was opened up so bad and he couldn't fully extend his finger so I told him we needed to go to the ER, but he refused. So I call our doctor and the doctor says the same thing... Jarom refuses. I call my friend Cyndi who is a RN and she says the same after I sent her a picture message of it, and Jarom STILL refuses. So we head to Walgreen's to get some Dermabond so that I could glue him together and Jarom then got in touch with his Mom who tells him to go to the ER and FINALLY he listened.

I had called both ERs and Huntsville sounded less busy (plus I like them better anyways) so we headed over. As I was signing us in, Addie was trying to touch the counter, grab pens- obviously trying to catch the flu, so I kept telling her the place was "nucky" so I think the ladies took sympathy on us so we were called back immediately- ahead of everyone else that was there!

The ER doctor was Dr. Murphy who happened to be LDS. We put it all together when she asked Jarom where he worked, then asked if we knew the Mayfields, particularly Misty. What a small world! Huntsville Hospital couldn't have been any nicer or accommodating. They Lysol wiped everything down for Addie, brought her paper, pencils, made her an ID bracelet, and brought her juice.

Jarom ended up getting an Xray (no broken bones) and they found that his tendon had been cut, requiring 2 internal stitches, 4 external stitches, and a tetanus shot. We have to set up an appointment with a hand surgeon tomorrow to see if anything further is needed to regain mobility of his finger.

We went to get his antibiotics and pain medicine and finally made it home at about 12:00 AM. So Addie didn't get to bed until after 1 AM and with no afternoon nap, so no church for her today, then Jarom was still planning on going but woke up hurting so bad that he almost passed out again, so we all stayed home. He is still in a lot of pain today when the medicine starts to wear off, so I hope that ends soon!