Socked Feet

Elliott has a habit, a boy habit, of running around with socks on his feet. I feel like I tell him not to go outside with socks on all the time. Yesterday, he was in the basement in his socks. He was playing around the elliptical and his foot slipped and he got pinched. Although his father was in the basement, Elliott went upstairs to check out his foot since it hurt, a little. He went back down to show his father. PANIC. They came back up, washed the large, open wound and bandaged it. I got a call and luckily, I was two minutes from home. Once I arrived, we went to the emergency room. It was there, that I saw the wound for the first time. I huge hole, about the size of a dime, between is fourth toe and baby toe. And the waiting room was packed. However, because of the nature of his emergency, he was fast-tracked. He was called in, then sent to x-ray to make sure no tendons or bones were damaged. Good news - clear x-rays. Then the numbing cream. It stung but Elliott was brave. He said it didn't hurt much. His pain was in not knowing what to expect. Then came the hard part. The novacaine. The doctor we had was great. He said he was going to be honest, the needle would hurt. I told Elliott to look at the ceiling and talk. So he talked about fishing and talked more. He is never talkative but he talked our ears off. He did great. He wanted me by his side (there was no other place I wanted to me) and he held my hand. He squeezed it a little when he had too. He also rubbed his forehead during the novacaine shots. The stitching was the easy part. So Elliott has had his first visit to the emergency room, his first stitches (hopefully last) and he is handling all this with a positive attitude. This morning I took two pictures of his FrankenFoot. It looks pretty good considering.

This injury means no swimming until this heals completely so the next few weeks will be long and hot! Glad he had his socks on - this injury would have been worse. Praising our Lord for protecting Elliott and for the good doctor that took care of him.