Community› The Bump Message Boards› Babies: 9 - 12 Months
Babies: 9 - 12 Months
New Discussion

15 month old had his finger amputated :(

amber_tynanamber_tynan member
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months

My sister's good friend's DS (Lucas) is in the hospital tonight after having his left index finger amputated.  Poor little guy, he needs lots of hugs and kisses right now.

Last month Lucas was at his aunt's house and was sticking his finger in her parrot's cage.  The parrot bit the tip of his finger down to the tendon.  It ended up getting infected and he was started on an antibiotic.  His finger was put in a splint, and since he's just a baby they put a cast on it too.   He was in the cast for 4 weeks and got it off today.  The antibiotic didn't work and the infection spread and ate his entire finger down to the bone.  When they took the cast off, his finger was black and they could see the bone.  Needless to say, they immediately amputated it.  His mom was able to sing to him while he was being put under.  Crying

His mom said he was a little more irritable than usual and was waking in the night crying but she didn't know what was wrong.  She feels absolutely terrible, but honestly, how was she to know?  Shouldn't the doctor have looked at the finger after the antibiotic treatment?  I mean, to just give an antibiotic and wait 4 weeks to look at his poor finger seems really unprofessional to me. 

Report Reply to Post

Re: 15 month old had his finger amputated :(

  • ceg2483ceg2483
    Poor baby--I can't imagine how painful that must have been.  I know the mom must feel horrible but how could she have known?  I hope he heals fast!
    Image and video hosting by TinyPic Pregnancy Ticker Baby Birthday Ticker Ticker
    Report Reply
  • Loading the player...
  • rosesandpeoniesrosesandpeonies member
    I am so sorry to hear that.  Sending thoughts and prayers.  on my right hand I had two tips of my fingers cut off and my middle finger was cut off down to the first knuckle.  I did it in a lawnmower....it was a total accident.  My dad thought my mom had me inside and I followed him outside...  anyways.  I had a cast on for almost a year up to my elbow and I had a soft cast around my fingers.  Im sorry to hear about what happened though.  My dressing was cleaned everynight after office hours by the hand surgeon for three months. 
    DD (8/12/09), DD (2/8/11)
    BFP 12/16/14| EDD 8/19/15 |MMC 1/15/15 (9 weeks 1 day)
    Report Reply
  • ManalyzerManalyzer
    Sounds like negligence to me. Im pretty sure Id be owning me a hospital if that happened.
    Lilypie Third Birthday tickers
    Let's try this again...
    Report Reply
  • cyackocyacko member

    imagerosesandpeonies:
    I am so sorry to hear that.  Sending thoughts and prayers.  on my right hand I had two tips of my fingers cut off and my middle finger was cut off down to the first knuckle.  I did it in a lawnmower....it was a total accident.  My dad thought my mom had me inside and I followed him outside...  anyways.  I had a cast on for almost a year up to my elbow and I had a soft cast around my fingers.  Im sorry to hear about what happened though.  My dressing was cleaned everynight after office hours by the hand surgeon for three months. 

     I knew a girl that this happened to also.  Strange...

    Image and video hosting by TinyPicPregnancy Ticker
    Report Reply
  • allie_smalls07allie_smalls07 member

    Indifferent

    That doctor should have checked on him IMO!  Didn't the dressings need changing or anything?  Gross.  That poor little sweetie.  He must have been in so much pain!!!  Hope he heals quickly!

    Warning No formatter is installed for the format bbhtml
    Report Reply
  • CalinsBrideCalinsBride
    T&P for him. That's awful.
    Lilypie First Birthday tickers Lilypie Third Birthday tickers Keshias Birthday 2012 046edit
    Report Reply
  • SymharmonySymharmony member
    Poor baby.  I hope he gets better soon.
    imageDaisypath Happy Birthday tickers Daisypath Happy Birthday tickers Lilypie Premature Baby tickers imageimageimage
    Report Reply
  • ab090509ab090509

    That is awful and so sad.  My first thought after reading this was - how could the mother not have known or been aware of what was happening?!  But I guess you trust the doctor that the medicine is working and that everything will be fine. This story is a good reminder that doctors can make tragic mistakes and you shouldn't always put 100% trust in them.

    My mother told me a story of a family that had a pet raccoon that bit off a few of their baby's fingers when it climbed into his crib.   I always thought how horrible it must have been for that baby to grow up and have to explain to people that he was missing fingers because his parents had a wild animal as a pet and allowed it to hurt him.

     

    Report Reply
This discussion has been closed.
Choose Another Board
Search Boards
"
"