I got up to let Sadie out this afternoon and someone said, "Ms Barbara". Casey was sitting there with Sam in a chair with a HUGE fish hook in his foot! He wasn't crying and was very calm. I called Jennifer and she sent Shelly to get him. Shelly and I took off for the hospital. They saw him instantly and a very nice plastics resident looked over the situation. He was from New York and said he didn't have much experience with fish hooks! At first he wanted to xray Sam's foot and make a small incision to remove the hook. The barb was nearly through the skin so I suggested that after he deadened it that he push it on through and cut the barb with wire cutters and pull the hook out from the end. He thought about it and said, "that might be easier on his foot." Shelly got his wire cutters out of his tool box ( probably not the most sanitary thing to do, but the doctor did clean them) and everything went smoothly. Sam did cry a little when the Dr. gave him the first deadening shot but was a real trooper through the whole ordeal. He came home with us and is spending the night and tomorrow. He even has an excuse for school that says, "please excuse Sam from school because he had a fish hook removed from his left foot." There will be NO MORE FISHING WITHOUT SHOES!! He got a tetanus shot so he's good for five years. Hopefully nothing else will happen to him that he needs it. Just to let you know Casey: I'm glad he was with you! Nobody else would have carried him all the way from the pond like you did!!
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