This past Saturday, Nathan had been picked up by my friend Kelly and her son (and Nathan's best friend) Forrest and had just jumped out of the car in Kelly's driveway when he slammed shut the car door he was holding and shut his thumb INTO THE DOOR.His right thumb. He is right handed. Of course. I was taking a nap but woke up when I heard the commotion and found poor Nathan sitting on the couch crying with a thumb that was definitely swelling and discolored. After a dose of ibuprofen, he felt well enough to go back to Forrest's house to spend the night as planned. By dinner last night though, he was having a hard time moving it at all, and the swelling was not going down. So this morning as soon as our pediatrician's office opened I called about getting him in for an appointment. They had no open appointments. Well then. So instead, after a frustating fifteen minutes on the phone with Blue Cross Blue Shield Customer Service (the BCBS website was not finding any urgent care … [Read more...]