Mommy Thumb

Remember when I mentioned that I had sprained my thumb?

I just saw something on Yahoo News...

I have MOMMY THUMB!!

I am not making this up! You can read all about it here.

My favorite part: "Treatment - proper warm up before doing any lifting and avoid any activities that cause pain."

Yeah, that will go over well with my son: "Sorry, honey, I can't lift you up because I haven't stretched out my thumb yet."

And no, I still have not gone to the doctor.

OW!

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I think I sprained my thumb picking up my son.

My son is husky (to put it politely), but he is still a little guy and wants to be carried every where.

I went to go pick him up from his bed on Friday.

Pain immediately shot up my left hand and arm. And that was mild compared to the agony in my thumb.

So I sucked it up, went to Target, and bought a super cool thumb splint, like this one:

Yup, I look like a professional lady bowler. Awesome.

To be fair to my son, I don't actually know that it's sprained. I suppose that I should go to the doctor. But I didn't want to pay $25 for a copay, $100 for Urgent Care when my doctor sends me there for xrays, $250 for xrays, and then $150 for something like this :


Much cheaper to spend $15 at Target for the exact same thing and hope that I diagnosed myself correctly.