Sliver

Got a call this evening while I was at the Brick House, it was the mother of one of Andy's friends who reported that Andy had gotten a sliver in his finger and wouldn't let them get it out.  He requested that I come over.  I came. It was a pretty good chunk of wood in his finger that came off a power pole.  I was there to conduct some business and Andy was being all kinds of dramatic so I let him be his dramatic self for a bit and then when he was able to settle down some I spoke to him about why we needed to get it out.  He let me do it and it was a bit of a bugger.  That thing was in there pretty good and it kept breaking apart instead of pulling out. Andy would wince and cry a bit every now and again and then suddenly I got it and it came out.  Amazingly the pain disappeared and Andy was much better.  There was another little sliver that needed attention and then he thought there was more in the finger from the bigger sliver.  For that one we came home and did a little work here.  He was scared and wanted to hold my hand.  I had to break it to him that I needed to use my hands.  He then asked if Jack would come and hold his hand.  I called Jack down from his room and he was willing to hold Andy's hand through out the ordeal.  It was pretty awesome to see this brotherly love.  We got it taken care of.