Need some prayer

[Tink]

They got back here at 3:30 this morning.
It seems the dr they saw there was not the sharpest knife in the drawer.
He cranked and pulled and twisted on Joshes hand and wrist, decided that the problem was caused by all the swelling, and put on a temporary cast. He also offered him a note to miss work for 2 DAYS. (The first dr had given him one for 4 weeks and told him they'd likely need to extend it.)

Anyone who knows anything about fractures knows you have to immobilize the joint above and below any fracture. So if its in a wrist joint like Joshes is, you splint from the knuckles up past the elbow. His new splint only holds his wrist. One of the fractures is a split up the bone rather than across it, so those can take a while to heal.

He's supposed to go back in to see the local dr on Monday.
Lucky for me, Summer woke up when they dropped her off, so I changed and fed her and she went right back to sleep until 6:30 this morning.

[Janet]

Poor Josh, sometimes the Drs. don't know there head from their well...you know...LOL. When my son broke his wrist, they put a cast fro mid-hand around thumb and to just below the elbow, but he had to wear it for 6 weeks.

Maybe they can find something on the internet to do to help bring in some money Tink...wish i was good at this sort of thing so I could be of more help. I can only offer prayer.

[2tiredmom]

Tink,
So Sorry to hear about your kids. I will definately keep them in my prayers.
Keep your chin up. Hopefully something good is just around the corner. We sometimes wonder why it all dumps on us at once. God Bless you all.

[DianaB]

I haven't hardly been on this weekend and I'm sorry that I missed hearing about this, Tink. I'll be praying for Josh's arm and their finances.

Hi...sorry to hear that your children are struggling and hurting. Prayers are coming their way from Louisiana.

[Forgivenmom5]

Tink hope his recovery goes well. Bobby had to have surgery on his wrist when he was 12 because the doctor didn't put the cast on correctly. It was 16 per cent displaced when they put it on and 32 per cent when they took it off. He ended up being in a cast 12 weeks.

[Tink]

Josh has to go in Thursday to have a cast put on and then back next week for xrays to see if the writst is healing right. If not, they plan to do surgery then. It seems like they've had a lot of indecision and craziness involving this injury.