Jammed finger in the door - likely to be broken?

[aspie*mum]

My almost 7 year old daughter manager to jam her finger in her bedroom door (whilst I was washing the dog).  Upon hearing hysterical screaming, I turned off the shower, locked the dog in the laundry shower room and went to find L.  (took all of 10 seconds).

She'd jammed her finger, and it was bleeding AND the fingernail was already black.  I am a fully qualified first aider so I gave her appropriate first aid and some ibuprofen.  She's not the first or last person to have had a jammed finger.

BUT it's so swollen and sore.  And I know I am an over protective mother. 

BUT I'm thinking it might be worth getting xrayed?  (Hard to find a clinic with an xray tech on site on late Sunday afternoon and I'm certainly not going to go to emergency at the hospital for a suspected fractured finger - it's not an emergency).  I would usually give it until morning (because I know I overreact) but L is going away interstate with my parents for a week tomorrow, so it's not the best day to get an xray.

😞  So I guess, chances it's fractured would be pretty low?  Leaving an xray until tomorrow morning wont kill her as they wouldn't do anything different to what I have done with the finger, but I feel bad.  I want to help her.

And I've still got to finish washing the stinking dog, who is at this point, locked outside all wet but not shampooed or rinsed (It is warm or he'd be inside).

[the_bob_delusion]

you know what it's like on here Aspie. Chill. 

[the*scarlet*pimpernel]

If it was jammed in the hinged side of the door, I'd be concerned, but if it was the latch side of the door then it's unlikely to be broken. Plus kids bones are soft and can take a bit of hiding.

If the nails black it's going to hurt like heck and throb for days and days, poor little mite. Try and keep it elevated, seems to help with the throbbing.

[**meep**]

well ok then.......

[cherry*135]

Ouch.  I had my finger jammed in a car door when I was a child, not much fun.

As you say she can bend it so probably not broken, but will still be painful for her.

[twinkles**stars]

should've read all of aspies last post before commenting 😐

but while I'm here I would like to say I find the id Aspie*mum offensive. It's dehumanising the child and treating her like an illness rather than a child with a syndrome.

It's like saying retards*mum or  diabetics*mum. It's the same as saying the gall bladder in bed 9.

If we referred to any of our clients (patients is non pc these days) in such a manner we'd be hauled over the coals.

yet you don't find it offensive to have a dig at my scared breast? sigh......far more offensive id's around that the op's

[alexander*beetle]

I forgot that the level of intelligence here was way lower than in my real life.  No point asking monkeys for their opinions.  They just throw peanuts.

So why bother!

[katymatey*]

Yeah! Won't bother in future.

[katymatey*]

I mean I won't bother. Geejus.

[alexander*beetle]

lol. That's twice this week. 🙂

[*pepe]

i don't believe pimpy would do that at all.