Bigfattyt
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Well, I feel like a numb nuts. I was at church. I am in charge of the nursery (18 months to 3 year olds). I was cutting up apples for snack time. I have a lanyard on the end of the knife. I was setting the knife down on the counter, trying to put it toward the back of the table, out of the reach of the little ones. The lanyard cord caught on the edge of the table (I might have leaned against the table at exactly the right time to catch it between my leg and the edge of the table). The knife slid out of my loose grip, and across the thumb.
There was another guy sitting at the table, passing out fishy crackers, I splattered blood all over right in front of him (hopefully I did not get him with any blood), but he got a real close look before I put the paper towels on. He got a bit pale. After two hours of direct pressure waiting at the emergency room, and soaking trough about 15 layers of folded up paper towels, it was still bleeding hard.
I knew immediately that I was going to have to make an er trip. The thumb instantly went numb right above the cut, to the end of the thumb. I bled all over the table reaching to grab some paper towels. A nice doctor from church drove me to the er. The numbing agent is completely worn off now, and the thumb from the knuckle to the tip is still dead.
Good side is that I can still move the thumb, and that the tendon is ok. The numb finger indicates I got a nerve. Hopefully it will get feeling back. I am supposed to go see a hand specialist latter in the week.
Hopefully the feeling comes back, because that is my shooting and chopping hand.
The knife that cut me was not my GW which was still in the bag, It was my hand made knife, which I can attest is very sharp. Makes a great apple slicer/peeler, and thumb cutter.
The offending knife, top one.
That's what I get for not using INFI. The short lanyard on the GW would not have caught, and caused the fuss. I guess I need to trim that long lanyard (I had it long enough to tuck under the belt when I am wearing it, like an anchor. It is also long enough to tuck the knot up under the belt when wearing it in a pocket, and that keeps it upright in the pocket, and keeps it from falling out of the pocket when sitting in the car, or couch etc.
Oops, it is bleeding again, I better go put another layer of gauze on it.
There was another guy sitting at the table, passing out fishy crackers, I splattered blood all over right in front of him (hopefully I did not get him with any blood), but he got a real close look before I put the paper towels on. He got a bit pale. After two hours of direct pressure waiting at the emergency room, and soaking trough about 15 layers of folded up paper towels, it was still bleeding hard.
I knew immediately that I was going to have to make an er trip. The thumb instantly went numb right above the cut, to the end of the thumb. I bled all over the table reaching to grab some paper towels. A nice doctor from church drove me to the er. The numbing agent is completely worn off now, and the thumb from the knuckle to the tip is still dead.
Good side is that I can still move the thumb, and that the tendon is ok. The numb finger indicates I got a nerve. Hopefully it will get feeling back. I am supposed to go see a hand specialist latter in the week.
Hopefully the feeling comes back, because that is my shooting and chopping hand.
The knife that cut me was not my GW which was still in the bag, It was my hand made knife, which I can attest is very sharp. Makes a great apple slicer/peeler, and thumb cutter.
The offending knife, top one.
That's what I get for not using INFI. The short lanyard on the GW would not have caught, and caused the fuss. I guess I need to trim that long lanyard (I had it long enough to tuck under the belt when I am wearing it, like an anchor. It is also long enough to tuck the knot up under the belt when wearing it in a pocket, and that keeps it upright in the pocket, and keeps it from falling out of the pocket when sitting in the car, or couch etc.
Oops, it is bleeding again, I better go put another layer of gauze on it.
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