I’ve been telling these kids since they were able to run around the house with loaded diapers...
It happened once before when my daughter got her pinky closed in the hinge side of the door. Her poor pinky looked like a crinkle cut french fry. To this day her pinky has a little left hincus in it.
Chasing each other all over the house, slamming doors, ramming into doors, having a tug of war with the doors, trying to bust into each others rooms...
Then after years and years of warnings... it happened. My son tried to bust into his sister’s room and she slammed the door right on his pointer finger. You know when they are suppose to be brushing their teeth and getting ready for bed... ya that’s when it happens. When they aren’t doing what they are suppose to be doing. Hmmm weird
So the next day when I got off work I took a look at it... yep we need to drain that bad boy. I’ve lost many of fingernails due to being smashed and I know this makes it feel a ton better. All that pressure under the nail pushing it up is very... uncomfortable. So time to grab some small drill bits and get to work on getting a hole drilled in his finger nail.
Heat up the tip of a tiny bit to give the little bigger drill bit a place for the tip to settle into
Is it gonna hurt?
Not really, but it will feel good once that blood gets released out of there.
Gently press down on the drill bit and twist it back and forth
He didn’t want to use the bigger drill bit until he realized that drill bit was a dull one
This is taking forever!!
I know, just keep applying as much pressure as you can without it hurting and twisting that drill bit. You got this!!
Maybe I will use the bigger one
Wise choice, it is a much sharper bit
Almost there...
I think the anticipation was killing him. He kept asking, “How long is this going to take?!”
I would just reply, “Keep going, you will know when you have made it through the nail”
Then...
He made it through!!
Just a little more back and forth with the drill bit to make sure the hole is big enough to relieve all the pressure.
Congratulations Son!! You have just earned a one way ticket to losing a fingernail!
Should have listened all those times I told you guys not to mess with the door...
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