First off, I know it’s been a while since I posted. But I promised myself I would quit apologizing for it. I’m sure my dear readers realize that life gets in the way sometimes. So I’m just going to say it’s good to be back and leave it at that.

Anyway, on to the headlines. Pumpkin hurt her hand at school on Tuesday. They didn’t call me or anything, she just came home with a melted baggie of ice and told me the story when I asked what it was for. Apparently she was playing in the sandbox when some boy came running by and tripped over her, sending them both hurtling toward the ground. Her hand landed hard on a board, and she went to the school nurse, who checked it out, gave her ice, and told her to come back if it didn’t start feeling better.

I checked it out myself, and it didn’t appear to be broken. It was swollen and looked like it might be bruised on the inside, but nothing to worry about. I gave her more ice and pain meds for the evening, and sent her to bed at her usual time.

She woke us up at 2:00 AM, complaining with her hand and stomach hurting. She has a lot of stomach problems, and they seem to get worse when she’s upset, which I’m sure she was over her hand. She didn’t go back to sleep for 2 hours, so we decided not to send her to school and to take her to the doctor.

To make a long story short, after a trip to the family doctor, a trip to the hospital for x-rays, much sitting around and waiting, and a trip back to the family doctor, we found out that it wasn’t broken or fractured. The doctor recommended wrapping it in an Ace bandage, elevating it as much as possible, and continuing with the other stuff I was doing.

She’s back at school today. I’ve got a funny story to tell about her taking her medicine, but that will have to wait. I’ve got work that isn’t going to do itself.