Oh my thumbkin

Ever since the boys were little, they've enjoyed the "Where is Thumbkin" song. And to this day they refer to their own thumbs and thumbkins.

Well I hurt my thumbkin... pretty bad. It all started on Saturday at Dinosaur Valley, I was playing catch with my sister-inlaw... with a football, and towards the end of our 1 hour game of catch I managed to jam my thumb pretty good (no, that didn't stop the game... we were on a roll). What sucked was I had a concert on Sunday evening, and rehearsal on Monday evening (for band), and my right (injured) thumb is the holding finger of my horn... flute/piccolo. And holding my horn for an hour and half on Sunday and then a two hour rehearsal on Monday really didn't help the soreness.

Then came Tuesday, and with an unfortunate turn of events, my hand (thumb) made contact with a cabinet with a great deal of velocity. By Tuesday evening from my wrist to my top knuckle on said thumb was an unpleasant color and in a lot of pain. So much pain that I didn't sleep a wink on Tuesday evening... so Wednesday morning I dutifully got up and called the doctor... certain that I had broken my poor little thumbkin.

After all was said and done, thankfully I do not have a broken thumb... what I do have is a nasty bone bruise, unpleastant jam, and the nerves are inflamed! If mommyhood were a position on the basketball court, I would be calling in my replacement... but unfortunately there is a rather shallow bench and no replacement is available! What's the prognosis... 2 weeks I should have full range of motion, and in 4-6 weeks it should feel normal again. Yikes... that is a long time!

Fun times :-(