Nathan had his follow-up visit with the finger specialist this afternoon. Nathan was terribly excited to get his splint off and Kev and I were just hoping that everything had healed well. Luckily for Nathan (and us), everything seems to have healed just fine. His finger is no longer drooping. In fact, it is perfectly straight and he cannot bend it right now. The doctor says that is normal and that flexibility will come back with time. He also says that a finger that heals with less than a 10 degree bend in it is considered a success and Nathan's finger is actually nice and straight. This type of injury can recur and if that were to happen Nathan would go back into a splint for six more weeks. If it should be re-injured a third time, then the doctor would do surgery. But the doc thinks that Nathan won't have any trouble because he is so young and heals quickly. But in order to prevent problems while the finger continues to heal, Nathan will wear the splint when he sleeps and during rough play for another month. He has done a great job keeping his splint on and it seems he has reaped the benefits of that!
And as a random side note, the doctor told us mallet finger is a very common injury. He sees two or three patients a day with the same injury!
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