Saturday, September 12, 2015

Avulsion Fracture

Avulsion Fracture: A ligament or tendon and the piece of born it is attached to, pulls away from the main bone.
Where have I been you may ask? Well at several Dr appointments, surgery resulting in 2 pins and sutures up through my finger nail and I am now heavily medicated.


Breaking the bone wan't to painful, I've had worse pain in other situations.  But the pain that came from the surgery is the most pain I have ever experienced in my life!  I was literally sobbing for hours!  How did i manage to achieve this beauty you ask? Well this is what happens when your 60 lb 9 month old black lab puppy is running across the yead and you attempt to stop him by grabbing his collar tightly. he continued one direction while my finger tried to stay in the other direction and he won.  I grabbed my finger cause it hurt and when I felt myself move it back, heard and felt a pop, along with now something sharp pointing up at my skin, I knew I broke it.

The cast will stay on foe 10-14 days and I start hand therapy after that,with the pins staying in 4-6 weeks, not sure when I get to go back to work. I would assume after the pins come out would be the earliest.  What todo between now and then is the real question.