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Posted on 5/12/15 at 10:33 pm to Zilla
Leave it be and he has a future in a grateful dead cover band. realest Jerry impersonator EVER 
Posted on 5/12/15 at 10:34 pm to Caplewood
Glass is getting fitted for one next week.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 10:34 pm to Zilla
What tasks are being hampered for a 9 year old by having a partial middle finger?
Posted on 5/12/15 at 10:36 pm to lsu31always
Let the bionic finger banging begin
This post was edited on 5/12/15 at 10:37 pm
Posted on 5/12/15 at 10:37 pm to Zilla
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a cheap 3d printed solution to let him try and see if it improved certain tasks for him ...
That's exactly what I said it wouldn't do. You quoted my post that said what you are asking for wouldn't add function to his hand/finger.
I've got a study going right now youd be perfect for. If you need any orthopedic procedures let me know, costs would be covered...
Posted on 5/12/15 at 10:38 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
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Kids with massive tissue loss in an extremity, not a kid who's missing his distal phalanx
I'm failing to see why trying out some devices that might help him is a bad thing ?
If I was missing half a finger, it'd be nice to have something like this on hand (pun intended):
This post was edited on 5/12/15 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 5/12/15 at 10:43 pm to Zilla
Again, I don't think you understand how kids that age work. He's currently self conscious about a smaller middle finger and the solution is to strap a 3-D printed finger to make up for his differences? Everyone gets ragged on in lower/middle school. Be glad he isn't the dirty kid, the kid never wearing a sweatshirt during winter, or the poor bastard that is late to hit a growth spurt in a few years.
Shouldn't you let his father worry about such small things anyways?
Shouldn't you let his father worry about such small things anyways?
Posted on 5/12/15 at 10:48 pm to YipSkiddlyDooo
Posted on 5/12/15 at 10:49 pm to Zilla
Should get a huge finger for the ladies.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 10:57 pm to Cosmo
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:00 pm to Zilla
I don't get the desire for a prosthetic. It runs the risk of encouraging him to treat his finger as something to conceal in order to "blend in". Better to just rock with whatever fate gave him.
Best analogy I can come up with is guys who spend thousands on hair plugs that anyone can spot from miles away.
If it were a major physical impediment (like missing a limb) that would be a different matter of course, but for something minor just roll with it.
Best analogy I can come up with is guys who spend thousands on hair plugs that anyone can spot from miles away.
If it were a major physical impediment (like missing a limb) that would be a different matter of course, but for something minor just roll with it.
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:04 pm to foshizzle
I tend to agree with you shiz, but don't you think that will come with time no matter whether he has a prosthetic now or not ? Once he is older he won't GAF just as he hasn't up until this point... I understand what he is feeling now and wouldn't want that anxiety to hold him back or get worse..
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This post was edited on 5/12/15 at 11:06 pm
Posted on 5/12/15 at 11:27 pm to Zilla
They probably make fun of him in math class because he can only count to 9 1/2 
It will pass as he grows older. Most people want even notice. I lost part of a finger but I was an adult.
It will pass as he grows older. Most people want even notice. I lost part of a finger but I was an adult. 
Posted on 5/13/15 at 1:01 am to Zilla
I have a bone graft from my hip that forms my pointer finger. It was done at the time of the injury tho. I doubt it could have been done had any significant time elapsed.
Posted on 5/13/15 at 1:09 am to ZenFNmaster
I think it's something he will grow out of. Had a friend who was born with a partial left arm, having only a nub below the elbow. He had a prosthetic as a kid and it was a hindrance. He actually was a hell of a pitcher and would keep the glove underneath his arm. Our flag football team, made of 10 guys, was called 19 hands.
Posted on 5/13/15 at 2:38 am to Zilla
An alternative option to a traditional prosthetic that I read about several years back:
This guy in Europe or maybe Australia lost his thumb in a work related accident. He had his doctors remove his penis and sew it on where his thumb was.
This might be an option you want to discuss with your nephew and his parents if his freakish deformed half finger has him feeling self conscious and like half a man.
This guy in Europe or maybe Australia lost his thumb in a work related accident. He had his doctors remove his penis and sew it on where his thumb was.
This might be an option you want to discuss with your nephew and his parents if his freakish deformed half finger has him feeling self conscious and like half a man.
Posted on 5/13/15 at 6:17 am to Zilla
You should start a Gofund Me and let's see how that works out for you.
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