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What If We Were in the Middle of the Ocean?

By Svprili @svprili
We had our first major but not so major injury over the weekend. My poor little wags broke not one but two bones in her pinky finger. The oh so small and pudgy finger that everyone takes for granted. I am half to blame, yes I pushed her off the bench that ultimately squished her prized pinky between the bench and concrete floor, but I swear it was an accident caused out of laziness!!!DSCN0364
We now ask ourselves how would we deal with this issue on the boat?? I guess splint it and give her some pain meds and hope for the best until we can get to an x-ray machine. We knew it wasn’t anything too bad and went to a specialist just in case the urgent care doc had a late night on the town. The urgent care doc said nothing was broken Saturday morning, radiologist results came in Monday arvo with a broken pinky (but I only got told one bone was broken). So being worried about the future development of her pinky – what if she needs to have tea with the queen and can’t toss out the old pinky when sipping???? Turns out both pinky finger bones are broken and needed a cast. Here we go, it’s bloody hot and humid and I have to keep my 2 year old away from water! She sees her pediatrician for her yearly checkup in a couple of weeks and I’m going to ask if he would write some prescriptions for us to keep on board. They’re pretty up tight so I’ll be surprised if he does. If anyone has any suggestions on meds to keep on board for the girls please let me know.Carly

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