I found out this week that I have a broken hand....a broken RIGHT hand. There is spiral fracture along the front of my pinky finger, which is also angulated. You might be asking yourself, What the heck does that mean?! Well, it means that my pinky is at a slight angle. So when I got my finger splinted (yes, that's right, a lame splint) it hurt in a whole new way it was set straight again. At least it got set straight. My family has a history of crooked pinky fingers - haha! Snowb and Dexter especially.
So I have a splinted right hand. It looks pretty pathetic, hence no picture. I think I'd rather have something exciting & snazzy like a bright pink cast! With a pathetic splint on a broken finger no one believes you when you tell them it's broken. Ha! "Miss Anderson, what's wrong with your hand?" That's what I get about 10 times a day from my students. Instead of repeating the same thing over and over and over, I like to make it interesting. I got into a fight and punched someone in the face so hard it snapped my finger. Someone shut my finger in the car door. A really fat person sat on it. I went golfing and swung the club too hard. You know, I could really get creative with this..........Any other ideas?
The REAL story is I went sledding when I was home for Christmas. I was going down backwards and nearing a brick wall. So my instinct was to put my hand behind my back to protect it. Well, as I slammed into the wall at full force, I crushed my hand pretty good. I couldn't even move it for a whole day. Well for the last 2 weeks I just thought it was sprained pretty badly. I played croquet, basketball, and who knows what else....all with a fractured hand.
Then just a week or so before that, I'm pretty sure I broke my nose - it was tender and sore for the following 3 weeks or so. That happened playing basketball. As I went up for the rebound, this dude arms came crashing down onto my nose, giving me a pretty bloody nose as well. You see, I like to play basketball with the guys to show 'em up :) Guess I didn't that night.......
So you see, I get all the luck........
3 comments:
Oh, you poor thing! No fun. I think your splint actually looks rather cool! He, he!
That's why I just don't play sports! Just kidding, it's cuz I'm no good at them. I'm so sorry about your finger! At least you caught it in time to fix it. My little sister broke hers & didn't know it and the bone separated or something, so now her finger is really freaky looking & there's nothing they can do about it! Good luck! I hope it heals quickly.
Kristini! I'm so sorry you got so banged up over Christmas!
I would think Flipe would be very understanding about the splint as well. Remember how she busted her finger playing flag football?
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