Brave Abbey

On Tuesday morning when I put Abbey in her high chair breakfast at like 7:50 am I saw her left hand pinky. It was swollen and purple..truly black and blue on the underside. I caught my breath and the butterflies in my stomach, wondering what happened and did the "black" mean the nerves in her finger were gone?? I racked my brain...if this had happened last night, wouldn't I have noticed when I put her pj's on? Her and Adam were playing in his room for 15-20 min before that and she had come out crying once, got a hug and got back down and went back to play. It was my best guess. I called Todd and he said he'd come home and look. It was swollen enough where we decided to call the doctor and her lack of tears made us feel it wasn't an emergency.

They told me to come right down and Abbey didn't really cry when the doctor examined her, so she recommended an x-ray as she couldn't be sure the bones under the finger weren't broken, something that would need a cast. While we were there, they did her one-year exam which basically comprised of a couple of measurements on top of what she had to do anyway (thought we will have to go back in March to see a nurse for shots). Abbey is 29 inches tall and 21 pounds....right at the 50th percentile....

Anyhow, I took her to Oswego Hospital in a snowstorm for the x-ray. They were really nice. She was sleeping so I tried to carry her in her carrier. It was so heavy....too snowy though for a stroller. A volunteer met with a wheelchair and "wheeled" her to x-ray. They got us right in. I was impressed. I held her and they taped her little hand twice...flat and on it's side to do an x-ray. Do you know she did not cry or whine at all?? I felt teary, but little Abbey was just so interested looking at everything particularly the machine.

Dr,'s office called at the end of the day (despite the "hour" estimate...ha!) and she has a franctured pinky :( Orthopedic surgeon confirmed the next day she was too little to do anything. The nurse commented that most adults would be in a world of hurt for a couple of weeks. But you know what? Abbey is still the same...this barely put a kink in her busy schedule of stealing Adam's toys, swiping his sippy cups and trying to pet Bailey. It looks a lot better now....I'm impressed with how brave she is. I hope she has the courage to face all of life like this. Better than me.
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