Following last Friday’s Emergency Room Adventure, I have seen both a thumb surgeon and a heart specialist.

Wednesday, was the thumb surgeon.  Surprisingly, he accepted the xrays from the hospital and their diagnosis:

A closed avulsion fracture of the right thumb phalanx means a small piece of bone at the end of a thumb bone (phalanx) broke off, usually where a tendon or ligament attaches, without the skin breaking. Treatment often involves splinting, rest, ice, and physical therapy, aiming for healing within weeks, but surgery might be needed for significant displacement or instability to restore full function, preventing chronic weakness or arthritis.

So far, so good.  He recommended a hand therapist who would make me a custom cast which I will wear for 6 weeks and see him again to decide the next steps.

I have called twice and sent a message to this person with no response.  If I’ve heard nothing by Monday, I guess I’ll have to go to the second recommendation.

Yesterday, Friday, I went to the heart specialist.  They actually did call me to remind me that the ER wanted me to have this appointment ASAP.

They redid the EKG, asked lots of questions, took my blood pressure several times.  Now, they’re worried that my blood pressure is possibly too low (112/ 68 mmHg) so they may lower the meds that the hospital gave me.

I still have bloodwork to do, an appointment with them in 2 weeks and another in 6 months.

All in all, really good news.