So it happened again.
Getting hurt, falling, scrapes and hurts are nothing new for Bobby. Everyday at bath time we count which booboo is new, which is 1 day old, which is older. Everyday. But usually Bobby boy is too busy playing to stop for long. He just gets up, brushes it off and runs along so he's not wasting any play time.
This week he had a fall that was different. He was riding Ryan's heavier electric scooter and fell off it. He was crying when I got to him and his right index finger skin was scrunched up. And Bobby boy was crying. I felt bad! I hugged and kissed but he kept crying. Dulce came running and tried to lick his tears. Bobby said he wants to go back home. This was different, usually Bobby wouldn't cut short his adventures for a small fall. We turned around but I insisted he get back on the scooter and ride it back home. At first he didn't want to, but there was no way for me to get the scooter back home, and Ryan was on his bicycle too. (In retrospect if I knew this was a serious injury i shouldn't have made him ride the scooter back home. But at that time I didn't want him to be scared of the scooter... oh :-( ). We somehow made it back, Bobby parked the scooter in Ryan's garage and we walked back home.
At home, I said we have to wash the booboo, so I pulled up water to give Bobby a bath. Not surprisingly he didn't wanna! And he kept crying and saying i want Papa. I was getting irritated. Gugu was around, so she talked to Bobby, and in some kid-to-kid-magic way explained to Bobby how cleaning his wound is very important. He agreed to taking a bath. I washed up the Bobby, and put baby oil and clothes on. Now Bobby finally stopped crying. But it was still really hurting him. This is way off, I realized. This could be something worse. I took appointment for urgent care.
Raj came back meanwhile and we went to the doctor's. It was a fracture, turns out. They put a removable sprint and told us to see a childrens orthopedist later. The pain is mostly stopped for Bobby, but the finger stays in this removable stint. And now me and Bobby are sitting at the children's ortho watching Disney channel waiting on the doctor. I hope the worst is behind us.