Not really. That perpetual "thumbs up!" you're seeing on my daughter's right hand is actually the result of a broken thumb. A mallet fracture, as they call it. Surgery would have been the plan of treatment IF WE HAD SOUGHT PROPER MEDICAL EVALUATION IN AUGUST WHEN IT HAPPENED. Instead, she will wear a hard thumb cast for a minimum of four weeks, immobilizing the distal joint while her body "reconstructs itself."
The hand surgeon wrote a note saying, "No use of right hand for sports or PE." The soccer coach is already trying to figure out how much bubble wrap it will take to keep her in the field. Unfortunately, Rachel is the goalie . . .
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