a BIG toe problem

Jared banged his big toe up playing soccer awhile ago. And he makes it worse every time he plays. Last week he came home from his game in a lot of pain after injuring it again when he kicked another player instead of the ball.


His solution to fixing his toe: drilling a hole in the nail to relieve the pressure and let the blood out. After getting no pain relief, realizing that I was not about to help him drill through his toe (I did of course volunteer to document it with a picture) and a reminder that he did have health insurance he relented to go to the doctor.

So we headed to the instacare (note to self: find a primary care physician for our family) to see the doc. Come to find out, it wasn't the toenail or the blood stuck underneath it causing the problem. It was a broken toe!

Now he is in a lovely boot to protect his toe and not able to play in his first Franson Civil Engineers basketball game next week. On Monday we went to the orthopedic specialist and he said he should be okay to play in about three weeks.