Three X-Rays

My son, Hunter, has had three x-rays in the last week! He fractured his right thumb playing football in PE and had to have an x-ray. Then two days later, he had a follow-up x-ray to check how his thumb was healing. On Saturday evening, he stepped on a toothpick at his friend's house. Dad decided to play surgeon and dug out two small slivers. He kept digging and Hunter was in tears. Heck, I was in tears. I had enough and decided to take him to the hospital where he could at least have the area numbed (and be seen by professionals). It turned out that getting the pain shot is just as painful as what it is supposed to prevent. And it took two shots to work. After putting a one-inch slit in Hunter's heel, the doctor dug around (just like Dad) and couldn’t find any more slivers. So another x-ray was ordered which revealed nothing was there. Maybe the x-ray should have been taken first. Thank heaven for health insurance.