My oldest son broke his index finger Monday at school, during P.E. trying to catch a football. The nurse had called and told me she thought he jammed it pretty bad and he was in alot of pain. So my husband went and picked him up at school, luckily my husband was home from work, he was taking care of me. Found out later the nurse was pushing on it, which I don't think she should have done.

It was swollen some and we put ice on it and gave him some Tylenol. The next morning I kept him home from school, it was swollen 3 times it's normal size, green color and was hurting badly. I took him to the E.R. and he broke it in two places! They just put a splint on it, and had me make an appointment with a orthopedic doctor on Thursday.

The orthopedic doctor has him in half a cast up to his elbow, because the breaks are bad. The one break is at his knuckle, and the other one is at the growth plate where the hand and finger connects. He doesn't have to have surgery, thank goodness.

He does go back to the doctor this week for another x-ray to make sure it's healing right.

If you had a broken finger before, how long does it take to heal up completely? Did you have any problems later with it?