Swollen Pinkie Finger

My son's fingers got smashed (as in flat!!) in the door when his older brother slammed it.
I was so freaked out, I made my husband take him to the pediatric urgent care - nothing. Tissue damage, no bone breakage (thank God!).
However, it swelled, he had limited movement for about two weeks and it turned purple. We kept ice on it and gave him advil if he really got to where he said it hurt.
the thing I realized and conveyed to my son is the swelling is there to keep they joint from moving while you heal. I think it is fine not to go for x-ray and just keep eye on it - I bet in a few days swelling will go down and the finger will straighten right out:)

May be go to the store later today and get some tape for for finger. I would give her some childrens motrin and let her do her normal activities. See how she does over the weekend. If she is still complaining about it then take her to the doctors. It sounds like it may be sprained not broken since she could move it. If it was broken she would have said something to you yesterday. Have a good weekend. Good luck

I would go in for the xray - this will help you make a determination on what action to take - taping it or just give her Tylenol for the pain....

good luck!

Tape it to her ring finger, keep ice on it when you can, and give her some OTC pain stuff (tylenol) if it really hurts. That's all the doc will do! Sounds jammed, not broken... Hope it feels better!

they wont do anything but tape it, you can tape it if you want, or wait... if it is just swollen it may just be jammed... is it bruised? my daughter has done both and it wasn't broken (from basket ball in gym) until it was bruised at the knuckle) they also have splints if you want to get those at walgreens, that is what they told us to do