Yesterday Honor and Eden thought it would be great fun to play with the bike. I found this out when Honor started screaming. The most I can figure out is that Honor was touching the gears of the bike while Eden turned the pedals.

He got his finger caught between two gears and somehow the chain was also involved in the whole finger smooshing. I couldn’t figure out how to get him out, and was afraid that I’d hurt him worse. All kinds of things ran through my mind: What if it’s stuck in there too long and he loses his finger? What if I can’t get it out and I have to call 911 and he has to stand there for hours while they disassemble the bike? What if it’s broken and I have to rush him to the hospital?

As you can see, I’m a little dramatic. I couldn’t figure out how to get his poor little finger out, so I called Jim who happens to work only 6 blocks away. He told me to calm down and then ran all the way home. In the mean time, I was able to take the chain off the bike and get Honors finger out. It was pretty red and swollen and it broke the skin right at the cuticle. But other than that he was ok. Today it’s just a little red. Poor baby.