I have tortured you all enough with the foot pictures, so I will refrain. Devin's foot is all healed up. Strangest thing...The second night Devin asked me to bandage it up so I put the burn ointment on it and wrapped it. The next morning the bubble was gone and now the skin appears to be thicker and darker.
In keeping with the "hurt foot" theme, I stepped on a piece of glass yesterday. I didn't realize it was glass and quickly rolled off of it and brushed it with my other foot. I saw blood. A considerable amount of blood. After cleaning up both my feet and the rug, I realized that the pain was still there. A check by Kim and Erick concluded that there was no glass. Still the pain persisted- from my toes up through my calf. After a while I came to the conclusion that I rolled/twisted my ankle when trying to quickly get off of the glass. A little swollen and sore still today, but I will be fine.
Hopefully we will have NO MORE foot accidents in the Smith household!!
Showing posts with label injury. Show all posts
Showing posts with label injury. Show all posts
Friday, July 9, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Weather and Foot Update
This was the temperature on my dash board this afternoon. This does not indicate the humidity- which is high. *ugh* Gotta love the extreme weather differences in the New England!
This was Devin's foot this morning. He is doing much better with being able to walk on it. It is still a large blister.
This was Devin's foot this morning. He is doing much better with being able to walk on it. It is still a large blister.
Monday, July 5, 2010
It was so hot....
That Devin burned/bubbled/blistered his foot on a deck!!! Now that is hot. OUCH!!! All he did was walk across the deck barefoot to get into the pool. No one realized how freakin hot the deck was, until poor Devin was screaming and crying that it was HOTTTT!!!!
This is how his poor foot looked about 6 hours later.
He has to walk on the side of his foot to get around. Here it is all bandaged up so he could play.
I hope its better (and definitely not worse) tomorrow!
This is how his poor foot looked about 6 hours later.
He has to walk on the side of his foot to get around. Here it is all bandaged up so he could play.
I hope its better (and definitely not worse) tomorrow!
Friday, February 5, 2010
A New Milestone
Devin reached a new milestone yesterday...his first stitches! Luckily (for him and for us!) the physician's assistant was able to use the Steri-Strip stitches to put Devin's chin back together again.
Here's the story on it...last evening Devin was goofing around- crawling on his hands and feet with his butt up in the air when he caught his foot on the molding between the rug and the tile floor. Suddenly he face planted onto the tile floor. Somehow he managed to split the underside of his chin open. I didn't notice at first, as I was too busy consoling him, but when he pulled his hands down they were full of blood! I brought him into the bathroom to clean it up and check it out. It took a while to get the bleeding under control, but when I finally did I noticed how wide the gash was. It seemed to be about 1 inch long and 1/4 inch wide. I called his pediatrician's office who said I should bring him into the ER to be examined.
Today, Devin was proudly showing off his wounded chin at school. "Look what happened! Look at my boo boo. See my chin?" I guess it makes him look stronger/braver/manlier (is that a word?? haha) He also brought along his new friend "Joe-What-Do-You-Know" the bear that the admissions people at St Josephs Hospital gave to him.
Clearly, he isn't too traumatized. Oh, and when Erick and I were talking to him about being careful when you play he said "What? Huh?" to us like it was a completely new and foreign concept to him!!! Oye! Why do I have a feeling this won't be our only injury induced ER trip for Devin?
Here's the story on it...last evening Devin was goofing around- crawling on his hands and feet with his butt up in the air when he caught his foot on the molding between the rug and the tile floor. Suddenly he face planted onto the tile floor. Somehow he managed to split the underside of his chin open. I didn't notice at first, as I was too busy consoling him, but when he pulled his hands down they were full of blood! I brought him into the bathroom to clean it up and check it out. It took a while to get the bleeding under control, but when I finally did I noticed how wide the gash was. It seemed to be about 1 inch long and 1/4 inch wide. I called his pediatrician's office who said I should bring him into the ER to be examined.
Today, Devin was proudly showing off his wounded chin at school. "Look what happened! Look at my boo boo. See my chin?" I guess it makes him look stronger/braver/manlier (is that a word?? haha) He also brought along his new friend "Joe-What-Do-You-Know" the bear that the admissions people at St Josephs Hospital gave to him.
Clearly, he isn't too traumatized. Oh, and when Erick and I were talking to him about being careful when you play he said "What? Huh?" to us like it was a completely new and foreign concept to him!!! Oye! Why do I have a feeling this won't be our only injury induced ER trip for Devin?
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