Late this afternoon, while Rich was in town picking up a few things, David was watching a movie and I was on the phone with my Mom upstairs. The other kids were all playing. Things were calm, but not for long. All of a sudden, I heard David start screaming (and it was not a scary movie!)— I got off the phone quick, ran downstairs, and found David standing up and holding his finger out, which was dripping blood into the carpet.
He had been playing with one of those cheap metal keychains–he liked it because it was a baseball one. Somehow he got it apart, though, and I saw that it was in half on the floor, in front of the tv, where he was sitting. It was so sharp that it cut his finger–across the inside middle knuckle.
He was screaming, and I quickly put a towel around it and grabbed the phone to call Rich. Picture me in the kitchen, holding a screaming 5 year old, trying to keep the towel on his finger, and holding the phone to my ear with my shoulder. The phone rang and rang. Then, to my utter relief, Rich walked right in the house through the front door.
I told him what happened and he took David from me and looked at his finger (I still hadn’t looked at it, I couldn’t bring myself to) and said, “Yep, he’s got to get that taken care of”.
It all happened in about 5 minutes.
Hours later they came back from the emergency room. David was sedated heavily while they worked on his finger. Thankfully, the tendon was fine, but he did cut through the artery. He only needed a couple of stitches.
Boy, did he act drugged when he got home! Rich and I thought he was very amusing, although we felt sorry for him, too. He talked nonstop, more than I have ever heard him talk. His voice would go up and down with excitement. At the hospital, they gave him a new stuffed bear named Pecan, which he could not remember–so, every once in a while he’d ask, “MOM? What’s my bear’s name?” “Pecan”, I would say. “OH, Pecan, PEEECAAAN” he’d yell.
He got up off the chair to go somewhere, and walked in the opposite direction of where he was intending to go.
I gave him a piece of bread and he tried biting his bandaged finger two times, by mistake, thinking it was his bread. . talking and laughing all the while.
“Mom? Did you know they tied a KNOT in my finger?”
The bandage has completely confused him, he can’t imagine WHY it looks like that, how they got it on, and how we’re going to get it off.
To settle him down, I held him on the couch, in the dark, for a long time, stroking his face and rubbing his hair. The chatter finally slowed down.
He is, at this moment, sound asleep in his bed.
The last thing he said, as his Daddy carried him upstairs, was “I love you, Mama!” (which, of course, melted my heart)
Here’s hoping he’s more mellow when he wakes up tomorrow morning!
Good to be Home 
I am so sorry that you had that drama! OUCH! Also glad to hear that it didn’t get a tendon! That is GREAT news!
Is is okay that I am laughing at you haveing a drugged boy?!?!?!? The pictures are hysterical! I am sure that he was entertaining to say the least. Glad all is well. I hope you have a restful weekend now. No more ER visits, ok? LOL
awww… poor little guy!! hope that he’s feeling better in the morning…. and a litte less drugged 🙂 oh my, a drugged five year old; that must have been something!
Aww I feel so bad for him! He does look very happy in the picture:) That brought tears to my eyes when you wrote that he told you he loved you. That makes my day when they tell me that. I hope he is ok tomorrow for you.
what a sweetie! hope he heals quickly!
Oh my what a stressful day. For David and you alike. I love the way he is holding onto his teddy.
Yes, he looks wired alright! I’ve been happy to let my husband take over on those kind of occasions too.
So sorry that little David had to go through this, i have been there a few times as my chrildren were growing up, so i know how you feel, will keep him in prayer and by tomorrow i am sure he will feel beter,
GOD BLESS,
SANDY
I must agree that he looks all right. I can, almost, bet it was more traumatic for you and Rich than it was for him. My son, who was 2 at the time need 8 stitches on his head, the day I brought his baby sister home from the hospital. So, I completely understand how you feel.
God bless~Cindy
oh my, sounds like enough excitement for one day!! poor little guy, and poor momma, too….glad Rich was home to give you a hand with that one~
How scary, glad he is okay!
Poor little guy! The last picture makes me think of the song “This Little Light of Mine”. He should sing that song and hold up his bandaged finger. Hope he heals quickly!
Well everyone above has expressed my feelings. Ditto.Hope he feels ok tomorrow and it heals quickly
So glad he is going to be all right! When our Abby was little, she used to struggle with asthma, and the medicines made her SO hyper! Sometimes when her breathing was really bad, I would sleep with her because I wanted to keep monitoring how she was doing. Well, SLEEP was not really the word for it! She jabbered and flipped and flopped and coughed and wheezed and giggled and ………….YAAAGH! It’s hard on a momma’s heart when her babies are hurting. Who knew a keychain could do so much damage?
Dear David, I am so sorry you hurt your finger so badly! But what a lucky fellow to now have not only such a great story to tell, but such a great bandage you get to wear for awhile Tell your mama that I have the really good book in her previous post and love the whole thing. She is a very good mom to want God’s best for her children. Take good care of her. And your finger Love, Mrs. J.
Good heavens. So it sounds as if you were “in stitches” about his drugged state! 🙂 I hope he heals quickly…I know he will. Kids’ bodies are so much faster than ours!
Poor baby! Praying for quick healing.
Oh, poor things – David AND you! It must have been traumatic for you to see your baby in pain just as much as it was for him. I hope David’s finger heals quickly. He is SUCH a cute little guy, by the way!
Awwwwwwwwwwww poor David. But I must say he wears his bandage well, look at that smile.
Oooooo…..how awful. Yet, how wonderful the Lord is that he gives us daddies to come in and take charge of the situation….and great timing too. That touched me greatly.Dear Lord…Bless little David and help his finger heal quickly and with no complications. In His name..AmenIsn’t he the cutest little thing? Your explanation of his state of mind just cracked me up.
Ouch!!! Praying for him to heal quickly!
awww the poor little guy! my son jj went to the ER every single year growing up with something of that nature. it scares us half to death at the time. boys! i’m so glad he is doing well and on the mend. 🙂
Poor little guy! I’ll have to watch for those keychains, my kids are always picking up something like that to play with. Scary!
Poor little boy. I’d kiss that boo-boo if I were there.
Hi My name is Sharon Lee and I live in Atlanta GA. So sorry about your son’s finger. Hope he is better soon. But, the reason for this post is to ask you a question. My friend Ann, who lives in Raleigh, NC, – (she is in the picture with me, she is on the far right and I am next to her) anyway she came across your blog from another one she reads and fell in love with all of your pictures. She doesn’t have a xanga so she wanted me to ask you a question. What camera do you use and (what lenses). She is about to buy a camera and is having a hard time deciding which one. Though now she is convinced to get one like yours! Hope you don’t mind this rambling request! 🙂 Thanks so much.
Poor Baby….. tell him aunt amanda hopes that he feels better soon.
awwww what a little trooper! glad he is ok!!
what an eventful day! The fact that your husband said “yep. he’s got to get that taken care of” reminded me so much of the time my son, age 6, fell over the front handlebars of his bike. He landed smack on his face. I could see that his lip was cut and bleeding. It was swelling up and I could see lots of gravel in it…….. I’ve always kind of been a “do it yourself” type person so I was steeling myself to take care of this, clean him up, bandage him up, ….when my husband walked in and took a look and said, “I think we’d better have this one taken care of by the doctor.” Boy, was I relieved not to have to do the job because I knew it was really going to hurt my son. So we took him to the doctor and he ended up with 11 stitches in his gums and a few more stitches in his lip!!!! I can’t even IMAGINE how I could ever have thought I could take care of it!! I must have been in shock! I’m thankful for daddy’s that say “this needs to be taken care of” :o)
Oh my! Sounds as if you had a busy day! Hopefully things return to “normal” tomorrow. 🙂
OH man! That’s too bad that he had to endure that, but my goodness that makes for a funny story. I can just hear him. I know how I am on drugs, so I can just imagine how kids can be.
Ouch!!! Sounds a bit nightmarish for awhile there! This too shall pass, right?
Life with children is never boring!
Hope you finger feels better quickly David. I said a prayer for you!!!
I hope his finger heals well and that he doesn’t feel any more discomfort.
Poor Davey…too bad they had to medicate him. I’m glad to hear that it wasn’t too serious.
Give him a kiss from Aunt Colleen!
Oh, poor David! I am sure that was scary for you and for him. I am happy though that he is on his way to recovery. A momma always helps her little one feel better.:)
Oh, poor David!! Praying he heals quickly!