Joe's Hand Problems

Last Spring during baseball I remember Joe hurting his hand while he was playing catcher. He ended up sitting out the rest of the game and was in tears because of it. We iced it up when we got home, he took some ibuprofen and after a few days it seemed some better.

Last Sunday was his first practice for the next baseball season. He was stoked because he got to catch. But, unfortunately after catching he was in pain. He said that his thumb hurt really badly and that he couldn't really move it much. We again iced it up and told him he would be fine.

By the middle of this week he was still nursing a sore thumb and we decided to get it checked just in case. We took him to a sports medicine Doctor and they took xrays. Amazingly they found an avulsion (which is a broken piece of bone possibly torn away from bone or a tendon) sitting in his thumb/wrist area. They currently aren't sure where it came from but he does have a broken bone! So, we get a CT Scan of his hand and wrist on Monday afternoon so they can pinpoint where it popped off.

Joe was freaked out at first (I think we all were). His main concern was that he wouldn't get to play baseball but we are all sure that he will defiantly be able to do that once it is corrected. I will keep you informed. Please keep him in your prayers.