A trip to the ER

Wow, I never read this blog unless I'm posting something so I just now read the be post below - what a pleasant surprise! Who knew Matthew could write=) And, believe it or not, I was getting ready to write another post about him....
Yesterday morning while at work Matthew shot himself through the finger with his nail gun - the nail entered the wood, hit a knot, and spiraled in the wrong direction. It entered one side of his finger and came out on the other, just below the fingernail. He yanked it out quickly, bit his tongue for a few minutes, put on a band-aid and went back to work. When he came home I looked it over, washed it off, and that's when we discovered it had gone all the way through his finger. It was at such an angle that missing the bone seemed impossible, so, while I wasn't convinced it was broken, we went to the ER.
One tetanus shot and an X-ray later the doctor showed us the film and, sure enough, there was a chip off the bone. He has to soak it, take some antibiotics, and wear a splint for several weeks. As far as work goes it's a bit of a pain but we are so thankful for the Lord's protection. It is a minor inconvenience compared to other nail gun wounds we've heard of....collapsed lung, loss of an eye, shot into the skull. So we will happily deal with the broken finger ~ or should I say, groggily since the kind doctor sent him home with some good pain meds=)
Wish I had a picture....