Bethany finger broke or not?

Well yesterday turned out to be an interesting evening. Bethany comes home from school and informs us that at recess a boy was chasing her and bent back her thumb and it was all swollen. After seeing how much pain she was in, John took her straight to the doctor’s to get it checked out. I was not able to go because I still had childcare kids I was responsible for at the house. She could not have been home for more than 5 minutes. The other frustrating thing is the school did not call me and this happened around 1:30 pm.

John & Bethany left the house at 4:00 pm and for the next 5 hours they went to 2 different doctor offices to see if the finger was broken or not. They started out at our regular Doctor and he sent them to an after hour urgent care to get X- Rays. The center was apx. 30 min away and when they arrived they were informed that for the past year they no longer do out patient X – Rays after 5:00 pm. The only way they could do the X – Ray would be if their doctor saw Bethany and order them. At this time our concern was if insurance would pay for the 2nd visit or not. They assured John that insurance would pay for it because of it being a different facility. They did end up examining Bethany, the nurse thought her finger was broke, the doctor doesn’t think so, and we are still waiting on the results of the X-Rays.

This has been a frustrating ordeal for us parents, but Bethany is excited that she might have a broken bone. They put her finger in a sling, but if we find out it is broken she will have to get a cast on it. She is hoping to get a cast and is already talking about everyone signing it. It is funny how the child’s perspective and the parent’s perspective are different.

Sunday is our performance for the children’s musical “Promise U” at church. Right now we are not sure if she will be doing her part in a cast or a sling. The sling is purple and we commented that if she is still wearing it then it would match the theme colors of the musical lol. At least we are finding something to laugh about. We are waiting to see what happens. I will let you know.

Until Later,
Betty