Thursday, February 21, 2013

Bloody finger...not for the faint

Tuesday night, as I was cutting sweet potatoes for some fries, my santoku knife slipped and sliced off a nice chunk of my left ring finger.  I don't get injured that often; the only times I've been at the hospital was to delivery my kids, so this was pretty traumatic for me.  The bleeding wouldn't stop, so eventually I just wrapped a large bandage around the wound along with a kleenex to catch anything that seeped through.

During the day, I would hold my hand above my heart as much as possible, and every night I poured hydrogen peroxide over the cut and put a neosporin-ed bandage on.  It seemed to be slowly healing, so it never dawned on me to seek any medical help.  A friend suggested that I at least mention it to my doctor, who wasn't really sure what to say since most incidents like this are seen in the ER.  As long as it wasn't infected though, I should be fine. 
 
 A small missing part of me

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