Kellen Update

Most of you know that last Friday, Kellen was playing football in the pool with her cousins and she attempted to catch a pass - unfortunately, Kellen's athleticism momentarily disappeared (??!!) and she injured her pinky finger. Initially, we thought it was jammed, but her Uncle Jim (a high school coach with years of injury experience,) thought we should take her to have it checked out. On Monday, we had it X-rayed and found out that she had split the head of the knuckle. On Tuesday, we visited the hand specialist who took one look at her X-ray and said, "Hmm... you don't see this everyday." He scheduled surgery for this morning and we just arrived back home after a successful "fix." Two screws were inserted to reattach the bone and she has it splinted and needs to wear a sling until she gets the stitches out. She's armed with lots of pain medication and her computer - so she should be feeling better in the next few days. Thanks to all of you for your prayers and concern.


This picture is pre-surgery.



This picture is in recovery. (My kids always love it when I get the camera out in places where they deem it unacceptable! ;) )