Tate has two thumbs. One, the left, is perfect in every way. He has deemed it "suckworthy", as it is the one he chooses to pop in his mouth when he settles down with his blankie. His other thumb, the right, is different. It's smaller than the left and looks a little bit like a finger. He can't grab large objects with it, and he can't pick up very small things like peas. It is very loosely attached to his hand and bends down to his wrist when any pressure is applied. If you look closely at this picture of Tate playing with his See-N-Say, you can see the difference in his thumbs.
This is Tate at 6:00 AM Wednesday morning. We're driving to Primary Children's with Growlers and his blanket in tow. He is about to have surgery to fix some of the problems with his thumb. He has no idea what is about to happen. Poor kid.
This is Tate at 11:00 AM, right after surgery. The doctor moved one muscle from the pinky side of his hand over to his thumb, since he is missing quite a bit of muscle. He also tightened up his ligaments, and created more webbing between his thumb and fingers. He has a hard cast just over his hand, with a pin holding his thumb in place. A soft tape cast goes up to his armpit.
This is Tate at 12:00 PM. He has thrown up twice and is just trying to completely wake up after all that anesthesia. He wasn't a happy camper.
This is Tate at 5:00 PM on Thursday. He is doing so well. He struggled a little bit more with the pain this day, but he didn't shy away from using his hand. He can still play with his toys, do patty-cake, and give high fives.
I love this happy face!! I'm glad it's back. Five weeks in the cast, then it will be replaced by a splint for three months. We hope his thumb is working much better after all of this. Thank goodness for Tate's happy disposition.
5 comments:
Thanks for putting pics on here so we all can see Tate and his cute cast. It was sad to see his face at the hospital, I'm glad to see that he is doing so well. Jackson loves little Tate. He was glad to see his pics. Love you guys
annie
Way to go little Tater. We're so glad that you are a tough little guy who doesn't let some silly thing like surgery and a cast get you down. Come over and play!
Oh man I completly forgot about his little thumb. I haven't blogged or looked on any for a while. Way to go. Tate is such a precious little guy. Im glad that all has gone well so far. Arent kids amazing. Good luck the next many weeks. That is a long while. Will he ever get the pin out?
Just thinking of you
donetta
Tate is so sweet! And you are so brave to tough out the surgery as well! I love his smiling face at church and am so happy he is doing well.
How interesting! And good to know that Tate's feeling better.
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