Casting Call

Last Thursday was Kieran's first visit to the emergency room. This Thursday Kieran experienced another milestone: his first cast. Yesterday Kieran fractured the tip of his right ring finger. He attempted to move a chunk of this concrete landscaping border we have in the front of the house, and it fell on his hand. The doctor at the after-hours clinic last night was uncertain if his finger was broken, but the radiologist who looked at Kieran's x-rays this morning detected a fracture. So, I took Kieran to see a pediatric orthopedist this afternoon. Kieran's finger was too small for them to splint; the only way to immobilize it was with a cast. Kieran now has a bright blue cast that extends from the tips of his fingers to the middle of his forearm. If his finger heals as expected, he will wear it for the next three weeks.