Another day, another hospital visit :-( ...

... this time for Alison ... her left ring finger lost an argument to a basketball at school this morning. Her finger swelled up too quickly for her ring to come off, and turned an impressive shade of black, so we headed in to the ER to make use of the ring cutters. They did x-rays, and while the doctor "thinks" she is fine, there was an anomaly that could be either a growth plate OR a bone chip/fracture. We are praying for the former, of course, since the second would require a trip to see a hand surgeon ... at KGH ... or perhaps even CHEO in Ottawa. Heh, heh. No. Her finger is fine. Really. I'm actually quite positive that the swelling is starting to come down. She is supposed to be skiing this Thursday, babysitting on Friday, working at the barn AND presenting her speech on fossil fuels at the Legion in Picton on Saturday. Her life is full, so therefore her finger is just fine :-).