Back to Hats

I have finished the back, left front, right front, and 1 1/3 sleeves, and I have to stop crocheting for now. My right thumb is not appreciating all of the work I’m putting into this sweater. It doesn’t seems to care how much I want to finish and wear it. It doesn’t care that the more I finish, the more in love I am. It just wants a rest. 

Now, I am going back to my first love, knitting. I don’t need my thumb for that as much. I even have two projects that need to be finished by mid November. Today, I picked up Tommy’s hat and got a lot done in it without causing further pain. I expect it to be done by the end of the week. Then, I will start a hat for my brother-in-law. I am fairly confident that I will be able to finish it in a week or two. Hopefully, my thumb will be better by then. I am considering making one for my dad, too. I need stuff to knit in church, and hats are perfect for that. I just need to find enough people who will wear them. 

Not Broken

I took my daughter to have her thumb x-rayed this afternoon after I got off work. (She was out with friends most of the day.) It was easy to find the facility right off of the hospital, and we were checked in right away. They weren’t busy, so she was taken back after waiting only a few minutes. After just a few images were taken, she was done and told we should be contacted in 2 to 3 days. In less than an hour I received a call from the doctor’s office telling me it was not broken and we should just continue to treat the pain as we have been until it feels better. Thank goodness! She will most likely lose the nail, but it will grow back. 

The Thumb

Friday, Noel shut her thumb in a car door. He dad offered to take her to the ER, but she refused (from what she told me). She told me she iced it for a long time that night after her dad helped her wash it. Then, she texted me and let me know she was hurt and asked me if I could take her to the doctor on Monday if it was not better (she hates hospitals). I told her that if she thought it was broken she should let her dad take her in that night. She didn’t agree. 

Yesterday, Noel told me that it was getting better but she thought she may be losing the nail. She FaceTimed me and showed me the bruises and swelling. Once again, I told her she needed to let her dad take her to have it x-rayed. She said it wasn’t that bad. 

When I picked her up today, she told me it was doing a lot better and she was sure she didn’t break it. Then, when I wok up from my nap, she told me it was hurting really bad and agreed to let me take her to Urgent Care, not the ER.  

It was confirmed that she has a hematoma under her mail and will lose at least part of it. They didn’t have an x-ray tech in, so we will have to go to the imaging center tomorrow to have it checked. Then, they will call and let us know the next moves. For now, it is in a brace to stabilize. Hopefully, it isn’t broken.