It's what separates us from animals....

This is what the nurse splinting Tyler's thumb today told us. Oh, REALLY!?! I had NO idea! Well, in that case, we'll take EXTRA good care of it from now on. Tyler broke his right thumb today at work. Yes, he is right-handed. He was lifting (team-lifting) a log into the chipper when it slipped and crushed his right hand between the log and the metal on the chipper. That was at 11:00 this morning. He tried to shake it off and continued to work. When they took a brief respite he took his glove off and saw (along with one of his co-workers) that it was pretty swollen. He continued to work as well as he could until lunch, then asked one of his co-workers to drive him back to the shop. He called and asked me to meet him at the Dr's office so I could fill out the paperwork for him. They took an x-ray and he has a pretty bad fracture in 2 (possibly 3) spots on the bone between the 2 thumb joints. They put him in a splint and said they were referring him to a hand specialist, which we'll be seeing later this week. We'll keep you posted!