Our ds received a new skateboard and grind rail for Christmas and was of course wanting to use them the day after Christmas. He decided to ride down a hill in a crouching position holding the grind rail. I see disaster written all over this scenario! He took a spill and scraped up the side of his face and arm and broke his little finger on his left hand.  He also broke the frames on his glasses, but we were lucky enough to be able to repair them. Unfortunately, this was the day my husband took the car to go golfing and my truck had just been towed in to the dealership for diagnostics (which is another story). God was looking out for us, however. My neighbor was outside as we were walking home from the "crash" site and she offered us the use of one of her cars to go to the emergency room. We spent the next 5 hours at the emergency room getting his finger looked at and finally set.

Ds freaked out when they brought out the needle to numb his finger.  He asked if we could just leave his finger broken. He was thankful, however, for the numbing agent when the doctor was pulling on his finger to set it. It looked really painful to me. He is now in a splint with an ace bandage wrapped around his hand. That will stay on for about two weeks. The doctor will determine at that point if the splint can come off.