He said I would have a splint!!

I went back to the surgeon who sewed up my nerve today to get my stitches out and get a splint on, that I would have to wear for another week. He kept saying cast when he was talking with me. I didn't say anything cuz I thought maybe he meant a splint. He had told me I was getting a splint twice! Then after the nurse sent me through the roof taking my stitches out she asked me what color cast I wanted. Huh are you kidding me? I was looking so forward to having some use of my other fingers!! I do have one finger out which is good although it has not returned yet to normal functionality. And it looks like a snake shedding it's skin, sick! Good thing I only have to have this on for a week, then I have to start therapy. What a mess I have made of myself. If anybody would have told me moving would have caused such a domino effect in my life for the past year I would have stayed where I was!! I do miss my old house payment!!

One trip to the ER wasn't enough!!!

So in less than a year I have managed to cut myself twice on the same finger. I didn't think the first experience (scroll down to 4-09 post) was good enough so this time (last Wednesday) I went all out and severed a nerve and had emergency surgery. It takes forever to type so i will make it short and sweet...holding the avocado in my left hand I preceeded to "stab" the pit with my razor sharp knife (Mark sharpens them on a regular basis!) before I knew it the knife sliced through the seed, avocado and then my finger. It just about went all the way through my finger.
In a twisted sort of way I think the first one prepared me for the second one...because I was a lot less freaked out. Or maybe it was just because I felt no pain because my nerve was severed!! However, not having any other experience in a hospital besides my first attempt at cutting my finger off and the deliveries of my babies, having to get surgery was as scary as me without a bra on!! I have to say that if I had not had the best hubby there ever to rely on and Heavenly Father's presence through the whole thing I might have not made it through! How grateful I am to a loving Heavenly Father who will still be with me in a time of need, even though I am a serious punk to him!! So...enough typo's (think I got them all) here is the pic! Watch out this thing can be dangerous!....

I could be the "Freddy Cruger" of a horror movie with this hook! One more week then I get to wear a splint for a week. Yes, it ends about 3" past my finger tips!