Stitches! Warning some graphic pictures included.

This story is a little late but still a good one!

For April fool's this past April, Joey decided to REALLY cut his finger open! He decided, I suppose that it wouldn't really be all that fun to pretend to cut your finger in effort freak out your family but instead he should REALLY do it! So after school on April 1st, he came home and started cutting a board for Ellie's bed with a hand saw and to make his practical joke a reality, he started cutting towards his hand and within seconds.... (this is graphic)

So needless to say, minutes later we found ourselves here, in the ER (wound dressing props go to ME):

And before long:

We had our little backpacks with us for the ride and the entertainment ( I love Ellie's face as Joey explains his stitches):

They did a great job stitching it up. Joey had the stitches in for a week but had to wear this (see below) for two weeks (because it was on the knuckle, he couldn't bend it at risk of ripping it open):

Two weeks later:

After about 2 1/2 wks Joey was fully moving his finger again without fear of tearing. It looks great now (I'll have to get a pic and post it). Thanks for the April Fool's joke, Joe!