A splinter saga (with an update)

After lunch on Tuesday, I noticed that Jake's thumb was swollen. Upon further inspection, he has a splinter under the nail of his thumb. Since his thumb was obviously infected, we went to the clinic to get it checked out. We got some antibiotics for the infection and a referral to a German pediatrician for today.
We went to the pediatrician today, and he cleaned out all the puss, but wasn't able to get to the splinter. The doctor put some ointment on his thumb and a huge bandage, and we are to go back tomorrow. If he can't get it out, we'll have to go to surgery for them to take it out. Can you believe it? For a splinter!

On the plus side, it doesn't seem to bother him too much, and he's using the hand normally. And he's been great at taking the antibiotic. He's in very good humor and acting normal.

As you can see from the picture, the bandage lasted about two hours. As soon as my back was turned to make his lunch, it was off!



Update: We went back to the pediatrician this morning and the splinter is out!!! YES!