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.
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