It's the finger again!

It's been a little while since I have posted but I thought I would take time to tell you about this one. Right before school started, my son, Garron had an infection in one of his fingers. He took the antiobiotics and the infection went away. This same finger that was infected has now created another problem. His fingernail had started lifting away from the nail bed. I knew that it was getting ready to fall off but it was still hanging on there and Garron will not let anyone touch it. Yesterday at school on the playground, he came down what he calls "the green pole" and it was ripped off of his finger even more. The nurse calls me to go get him and she placed a bandaid on his finger because it was bleeding so bad. I took Garron to Urgent Care in Dublin to see about his nail. The doctor suggested that we just keep a bandaid on it to protect it and let it come off naturally. He also prescribed some more antiobiotics just in case it set up infection again. You know that nagging feeling you have as a mother that was trying to listen to what the doctor said while your heart is telling you not to listen to him and do what you know is best? Well, gave him the benefit of the doubt and we left with just a bandaid on his finger. After we get home and studied for some tests, Garron was ready to take his bath. He asked if he could take the bandaid off so that it wouldn't get wet and I told him he could. It wasn't long I heard screaming and ran to see what was wrong. Garron couldn't get the bandaid off and it lifted the nail again!!! I felt so bad for him. I couldn't even remove the bandaid. The nurse had put the sticky part down on his nail. I tried to cut part of the bandaid off but Garron was screaming and crying that I couldn't do it for fear that I would actually rip the rest of his nail off. I have called Urgent Care to see if someone would remove the nail. They can but still recommended to leave it on and it will be $200 out of pocket because insurance won't cover it now because of the way the doctor documented it last night that it was still attached. The nurse told me to just soak his finger and the bandaid in warm water and the bandaid will come off. She said that it would tramatize him even more to numb his finger and remove the nail then for it to just come off naturally. Needless to say I am slightly irate about this whole situation!