Lucas' Thumb Surgery

Before the surgery...thumb locked in place


Lucas received a "kool-aid"cocktail

On the way home, after surgery enjoying a See's sucker

Exhausted from surgery

After his nap, playing with all the toys/surprises that Grandmay and Grandpay gave Lucas to help make him feel better

Lucas' Surgery Story...
One day Lucas was playing and he fell and started to cry. So I picked him up to kiss his boo-boos which he was showing me was on his hand and noticed that his right thumb was locked in place and wouldn't bend at the joint. I called Mike over to look at it, to assure me that I wasn't crazy and he too noticed the same thing. We immediately made an appointment with the pediatrician not knowing when or what had occurred with his thumb. Our fabulous pediatrician, Dr. Ball immediately thought it was "trigger thumb" which usually occurs in older people but causes the finger to lock in place. He referred us to a specialist, Dr. Coker. We made an appointment with Dr. Coker and he confirmed that it was indeed "trigger thumb" and that to release it surgery was needed. Of course as a parent you immediately feel this extreme fear of putting your child through surgery but we both decided that it was important that we fix his thumb so that he could have full use of it. We scheduled the surgery for April but a few days before the surgery Lucas became ill so we had to postpone. We rescheduled for June. I have to say I was so nervous and Mike thankfully was the "rock." We went in for surgery and had the best experience you can have when having a surgery. The nurses were amazing, the doctors were phenomenal and we just felt so blessed to be so lucky to have such great care for our baby. The surgery was a huge success and Lucas has full use of his thumb...Yay!!!