Author Topic: I have to wear a wrist splint :(  (Read 636 times)

Heres the story:

In gym class, we were playing basketball. I got the ball passed rather hardly to me and my thumb was jammed really hard.

The next day, I have the day off from school. It was swelling and bruised, so I ice it all day. My mom says, "I'll call the doctor tomorrow."

Thursday (today), My mom pulls me out of school halfway through it to get my thumb X-rayed. In my head, I'm like "Wtf?" So, I get it X-rayed and take the X-ray pics to my doctor.

Lucliky, the results were negative.

So, she starts pressure testing my thumb. She pushes on one spot and I say "Oww!" She says to my mom, "That was his growth plate. That shouldn't hurt." So, she says no gym :(, and I have to wear a brace. Also, I have to see a hand doctor/suergon. The brace looks like this:

Hope that I wont have to get surgery on my hand!

Anyway, this sucks.   :panda:

Ouch, your growth plate? That sucks.

Well, that sucks. I've had to wear a splint before...after the cast.

And this is why you don't play sports.


My thumb was jammed once too in the exact same way as you explained and it healed itself.

I saved $300 by waiting it out. :cookieMonster: