Saturday, January 19, 2013

The tiniest splint

One of Phineas's fingers has been unable to straighten since birth.  After spending many hours at the doctors yesterday (mostly waiting since they rarely see children this small and obviously don't understand how waiting three hours with a newborn isn't at all hard to do...), he got a tiny splint to help stretch it out.  He was the tiniest and youngest person they have ever made a splint for.  The therapist commented that it was probably the same size splint she would make for a basketball player's finger.  We are still figuring out how to keep it on him and comfortable since he is somehow able to eventually slip his fingers out.  Hopefully being little and pliable, it will straighten itself out in no time!

 

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