My brave little girl..... Kinda icky....

[Laurabearz]

My sweetie dropped an elephant on her toe (a heavy elephant toy) and really did some damage to her big toe... all black and bloody.... Anyway I call the doc and they said to wait and see what happens..... If it swells up (more) they will have to drain it....

The toe was fine for a day and a half then the darn thing blew up like a ..... plum..... for lack of a better description... of course this was on Saturday when the ped's is closed.... so off to the ER...

That was not a great experince...... anyway they end up cutting it in two places to allow the juice to flow, thus relieving the pressure... DD did NOT enjoy that at all........... and it took everything I had to hold her still....but it did wonders... the toe looks much better, and the pain stopped almost right away

Today was her recheck.... At first she didnt want the doctor to look at her again.... Can you blame her..... lol But she not only allowed them to poke and squeeze the toe, she sat very calmly and watched while they cut off over 1/2 of her toe nail.... barely flinched..... I had a hard time watching, but she did great, and understood that the nail was now all yucky/sick and had to be removed...... "It hurt a little mom, but I okay now"

Did I mention my DD is THREE!!!!!!!! So cool.... so collected...... gosh I sure hope she stays that way!!! LOL

 

[Dan Murphy]

Was that, Maddie, Laura?? OUCH!!!!!!! What a little trooper she was. {{Hugs}}

 

[SDAngel101]

WOW i would have cried for hours if that happened to me. What a strong kid you got there Hope all the swelling goes down

 

[glo]

What a brave little one...poor little sweetie!
I hope it heals quickly.
Lots of hugs to both of you!

 

[jldriscoll]

Poor little munchkin!!! My heart goes out to her. It's tough to be 3 aometimes {{{hugs}}}

 

[fireplug]

What a good little trooper

I hope her mommy took her to DQ for a reward?????????


Steve

 

[NHAnn]

Very brave!!! HUGS to you both

 

[Doctor P]

What a brave daughter! Kudos to you both. Give her an extra hug!

 

[JerseyJanice]

Your poor baby!

On the bright side, kids do heal very quickly at that age.

 

[helenabear]

What a brave little one you have there! I sure hope her toe heals up quickly {{hugs}} to you both!!

 

[Kallison]

Oh geez, I was wincing and grimacing just reading about it. Anything with the nails like that, really grosses me out. I have this thing for nails, they are ultra short, toes and fingers. The kids too, I'm always cutting them. I think kids are better with major injuries when they are young, once they get a bit older they wise up to the pain of the ER visits. I just mention ER and they are NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.