After another follow-up appointment with the hand specialist, she recommended exploratory surgery to make sure the nerve in Preston's palm was not damaged by the water balloon pump. The feeling still hadn't been restored to the outer side of his thumb so the only way to determine if there was damage was to operate. The surgeon said there was a 70% chance that it was not damaged, but in an effort to do all we can to make him as normal as possible, we scheduled the surgery for today just in case he was in the 30% that needed the nerve repaired.
The surgery went well and as I suspected the nerve was totally fine and will just need time to heal on its own. BUT, as a mom, I know that I did all I could to ensure he was healthy. Quite a costly peace of mind, but it's just money right?!
So now we are back at home resting nicely and enjoying much "couch time". Follow up is 2/15 to have the stitches removed and hopefully be restored to full activity.
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