Toe + Palm Tree = Damage

This is Matthew's left big toe. Yes, it is the one he kicks with. He was playing soccer barefoot in Anthony's backyard during a neighborhood get together for a birthday (Jacob B.) and instead of kicking the ball, he missed and kicked a palm tree. After three nurses who happened to be at the party took care of him, Steve took him to urgent care. They said he was fine until I got there and then he started crying. So glad Steve was home from work to be able to tough this one out with him. They were there for a few hours. They ended up taking his toenail off because they wanted to see if the nailbed was ruptured. It was ruptured, but separated from the toe. Steve said it was so disturbing, one of the 2 nurses had to turn her back because the procedure was groesome. They gave him as much pain killer as they could for his toe couldn't hold anymore. And then his toe wouldn't stop bleeding. He came home with a no toenail and few stitches.  This tough boy was in pain. But handled it very well. The frustrating part for him is that he couldn't play soccer. He had just started club soccer with CCB.