Thumbody in the ER

Jonathan gave us quite a scare yesterday after school. We came through the door with armloads of groceries and dropped them in the kitchen. After giving all the boys their Valentines, Jeff and I began stocking the shelves in the kitchen. It wasn't 3 minutes when Jonathan ran into the kitchen screaming "Mama, I'm bleeding!" and sure enough he was. Blood was pouring out of his hand, and I had to let Jeff take care of this one.

Here's what happened:
One of his Valentines was a little difficult to unwrap, so he decided he would slide our sharp scissors under the wrapper, despite our many previous warnings about the danger of scissors. The scissors slipped and jabbed Jonathan right in the base of his thumb. From examining the scissors and the amount of blood on them, we suspect they went in about 1/4 of an inch. His wound was pretty deep and took forever to stop bleeding. He wasn't able to bend his thumb, so we decided it would be best to let a doctor take a look.

Off to the ER we went. I think Jonathan was more nervous than he was hurting. He was so scared to go to the hospital. The doctor cleaned the wound, x-rayed his thumb, and saw no damage to any bones or tendons. After spending all of Valentine's night there (4 hours), we came out with his bo-bo glued shut, a splint over his thumb, and orders to keep it straight and dry for 3 days.