Lucía's Medical Emergency

Lucía as Princess Aurora, but note the right hand.



Here is a close-up.

Last week during church, between Sacrament meeting and Sunday School, Lucía's right thumb was smashed by a closing door. We are not sure how it happened, since I was with Marco, and Julio was with the Sylvia. One of the counselors was nearby when it happened and managed to clean it up and get some bandages on it. He said that there was a lot of blood. Once they found us, they told us what had happened, however Lucía was still crying heavily, it was obvious she was in a lot of pain.

We took her home immediately. We were unsure the extent of the injury, but we decided to let her calm down, so she watched one of her videos. After about an hour, Julio noticed that blood was soaking through the bandages (Band-Aid). We took her to the bathroom to change the bandages, and assess the damage to her thumb. Once we took the bandages off, it was clearly a serious injury, as the nail was practically falling off, her thumb was purple, and there was a lot of bleeding. Julio then took her to the emergency room.

When I (Julio) got to the emergency room, the triage nurse quickly admitted her. They said that the nail bed had been damaged, and would require stitches. I was painful to see Lucía in so much pain, especially when the had to inject her several time with local anaesthesia. Once the drugs had numbed her thumb, she watched the doctor repair the damage. In total she has 5 stitches, three that will have to be removed. The doctor reattached her nail. He also said there is a possibility that the nail may not grow back, but hopefully that won't happen. It was a crazy situation. Be careful of closing doors.

Lucía is doing better now, but the stitches will not be taken out until later this week.