This weekend Simon was injured at basketball practice. This time it was not his usual ankle injury. We thought it was a "jammed finger". By definition a "jam" is when the ligament over the knuckle joint is damaged so that the knuckle bone dislocates. Sometimes the ligament is torn and the knuckle pops up through like a buttonhole; this sort of tear is called a "boutonniere" injury (French word for buttonhole). These are a very common hand injury among basketball players and we are quite familiar with the treatment. However Simon's finger looked much worse the following day.
A quick trip to the hospital determined that he had a fracture of his middle knuckle (the proximal interphalangeal joint, PIP). A small fragment of the bone has broken off and is barely hanging onto the joint. This bone chip will take two weeks to heal in a wood splint cast. Not a bad wait except that Simon and Max are scheduled to play at an international basketball tournament in Kuwait in 10 days........
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