Elliott Almost Gave the Finger

This weekend Elliott and Ashleigh are out in Hershey, PA (an hour and 4o minutes from home) with a church group for a weekend long youth convention and day at Hershey Park. They hadn't been out there for two hours when I got a call from our FANTASTIC Youth Pastor that Elliott had hurt his middle finger. Some kids were horsing around in the hotel and Elliott was standing in his room near his bathroom. One of his roommates slammed the door on his finger - in the metal frame on the hinge side. Bad. So the Youth Pastor rushed him to the ER which was just behind the hotel. They called an orthopedic surgeon in and they found that the bone in Elliott's right hand, after the last joint (tip) was broken and severed through the skin. Lucie and I raced out there in time to see the final stitching (I could barely watch but Lucie was all into it!). Elliott had an IV with morphine and was hurting but was toughing it out. The surgeon put him all back together and said that due to his young age, he should be OK once the bone heals in about 4-6 weeks. He has to see a local surgeon this week but he is off for spring break so it timed out well. His nail may not look right and he might not have sensation in the tip. So they finished him up and gave him a prescription for pain. He wanted to stay out there so Lucie and I went to his hotel room with him and Lucie got him all set up. He slept for a while till the other kids came back but he perked up when they all came in to visit him. We got home at 2 this morning and Elliott checked in around 6:30 to say he was managing his meds well and doing pretty good. Ashleigh is mothering him too and he is OK. Did I mention our Youth Pastor is fantastic...?!


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