Mike broke his left hand. Last Sunday he received 3 spiral fractures in his middle and ring fingers. Monday we went and saw a hand specialist (the MD said the hand could be saved) and then Tuesday Mike has surgery to straighten his fingers and have them set with pins. Here's a few pics from the journey...
Rooney helping Mike fill out the medical forms
The unveiling
Yikes! Are those fingers or sausages?
Rooney showing of his war wounds (left elbow/right knee)
Rooney feeling a little awkward after Mike gets confirmation of necessary surgery
Ashamed for hurting Daddy Roon goes into hiding
Daddy forgave me
Surgery Day. Mike looking pathetic. He learned this look from Courage.The surgery went great. The MD said Mike did not need any actual cutting. There was just a lot of twisting and resetting of bones. The pins were inserted through the skin to keep the fractures stable. He has about 6 weeks or so of being casted and/or splinted. Then of course he'll have weeks/months of physical therapy. Mike has really been handling this like a trooper. He refuses to let me take care of him and does almost everything he did prior to the break (except wrestling of course).
I thought this story sounded alot more fun than the real story of how Mike hurt himself. In my story Rooney sounds tough but in the real story the tough guy sounds like a pair of shorts Mike got his hand tangled up in while trying to grab a flag during football. The real tough guy of course is Mike because a. he did not cry b. he thought his fingers were just jammed and was about to "unjam" them himself c. he felt no pain until after surgery and now he just finds the cast annoying
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Chinatown can be a lonely place...
I like the Rooney story better too. It's something he can tell all his friends when he's older. "Yeah, I took down the old man when I was just 3."
Liar! I thought Rooney actually hand a hand in that...how could you lie to me? To all of us?! Hope Mike is feeling better!
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