She was helping us set the table, and dropped a plate on her foot! Silly moosh! It hit her middle toe, and bracked it in half. Not vertically, but horizontal (to the nail bed). She has about 2mm of nail from the nail bed and then the nail was cracked and is hanging on by a really small bit of nail.
She did this last night. We bathed it, got some Savlon onto it (it's all we had at the time), bandaid then sock, and she was fine. Very very brave! She slept all night, and doesn't really notice it except to put her foot in our lap and say "Ouchy!". When she saw SIL today she proudly held her foot up and said "Ouchy!" and pointed to her toe.
Anyway, we bought some betadine (well, chemist own brand, same active ingredients) at the advice of our pharmacist. Tonight we gave her a bath thinking it might help the nail fall off... but it hasn't! It isn't looking bruised or red or anything, in fact the only way you can tell is that the nail looks whiter, but it's like its stuck? Last night Jazz had just about pulled it off (yes, pulled as in had the nail between her fingers and was playing with it. Crazy kid!). But now it doesn't move at all!
I'm worried it might get infected underneath? Should we be taking her to the GP to get it taken off, or just wait and only take her if it starts to look infected or hurt her?
Perhaps a Podiatrist could have a look rather than a GP? Kids nails grow so quickly that it will probably be alright. If you think it is starting to look a little odd, get it looked at.
What a brave little girl she is...must be that beautiful red hair It really is gorgeous!
Leash I think you should get it looked at. DD did something similar to this with her nail, she dropped a dumbell on her toe and it broke the nail in half horizontally. The dr had to monitor it to make sure there would be no permanent damage.
You'll hve to wait until the nail grows off by itself, don't pull it off. It's pretty gross in the mean time though.
I agree, get it looked at but don't pull it off. It's still protecting the skin underneath even if it is only just hanging on. If it doesn't look like it's going to snag on anything I'd just leave it be. But I'd also check with the GP just for peace of mind. They will probably say to monitor it and look out for signs of infection - redness, moisture (pus), heat.
She is certainly a brave little girl! I was squirming in my seat reading about that one!
Well it came off this morning after she sat there playing with it EEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW. We were trying to let it dry out, so had the sock and bandaid off. Gosh my child is gross
Its red underneath but seems fine, so we got the iodine onto it and have it covered again.
URGH so this afternoon we were outside and she came to the patio which is raised about 8(ish)cm above the level of the grass and she TRIPPED. She has walked this daily for ... well about a year now! And today she TRIPPED and went face first into the side of a chair! Big grazed line across the bridge of her nose, bruised, and there was some swelling which has gone down now, and also the bruise is going down into her eye.
Oh Mooshy!! What are you doing sweetpea!? Hope you get better fast little one. Elijah has grazing on his left cheek just below his eye, so they can match. Oh and TOTALLY gross about her playing with the nail. EEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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Cut her toenail in half...
It really is gorgeous!
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