Thanksgiving injury



The splint for my mitt (North Carolina Nov 2011)



It wouldn't move a vacation without person getting hurt. This year, it was me. While cutting a curlicue to brand a delicious turkey sandwich amongst the Thanksgiving leftovers, I stabbed the palm of my mitt amongst a steak knife. The wound is classified every bit a puncture wound, as well as thus they didn't give me stitches. In the ER, I got an antibiotic shot inwards my thigh as well as a tetanus shot inwards my arm. The orthopedist confirmed that I cutting my flexor tendon as well as a nerve. My pinky as well as band finger on my left mitt are numb as well as I can't motility my band finger inwards a higher house the 2nd knuckle. Next calendar week I'm getting operation to repair the tendon as well as nerve. Post-op, I volition direct hold my mitt inwards a shape or splint for at to the lowest degree 10 days. Then I volition direct hold to produce rehab for the tendon as well as won't move able to heavy elevator amongst that mitt (i.e. babies) until the tendon is healed. If I don't allow it fully heal, the tendon volition snap as well as I volition move dorsum inwards surgery. I explained my dwelling province of affairs (a three-year sometime as well as 7-month sometime twins) and the orthopedist told me I could direct hold the splint off when necessary. However, I should move careful non to wound it more. Regardless, he explained, it volition move operated on adjacent week. I speedily establish out that it hurts pretty bad exterior of the security of the splint.

The reality of it all hasn't actually laid in, thinking almost scheduling rehab for my mitt amongst the kids or how it volition move afterwards the surgery. Luckily, my grandmother already had a trip planned to come upward watch us this Saturday. W as well as I are merely counting downward the days until she gets hither (three to a greater extent than days).

The whole province of affairs is laughable. The actual wound is as well as thus small... as well as I merely was cutting a curlicue (yes, the incorrect way)... as well as instantly surgery? I'm dwelling amongst the kids this week. One of my girlfriends keeps coming yesteryear periodically to launder my dishes as well as spoon feed the babies. Two other friends are bringing me dinner earlier Granny gets hither Saturday. Another friend may direct hold D for a duo afternoons. Next week, 2 of our friends agreed to baby-sit during the operation as well as thus Granny doesn't direct hold to direct hold attention of all the boys yesteryear herself all twenty-four lx minutes stream (a daunting chore for anyone). It actually doesn't affair how many friends I direct hold here; the few I direct hold are expert ones I direct hold establish out. Thank you lot all for, well, lending a hand. I had to tell it.


My wound the twenty-four lx minutes stream afterwards I cutting it (North Carolina Nov 2011)

I know it is giddy to move as well as thus bothered yesteryear something every bit insignificant every bit this, but I had a 2nd of panic Lord's Day nighttime when nosotros were getting gear upward for bed. W got the theater gear upward for me (bottles washed, diaper caddy stocked, clothe out, etc) as well as it merely hitting me that I would move dwelling amongst 2 babies, a iii twelvemonth old, as well as 1 hand... all day. I was as well as thus focused on when my menage unit of measurement would come upward that the offers of help from my friends hadn't sunk in. Mon morning, my lady friend showed upward brilliant as well as early on as well as started changing as well as feeding babies. I had text messages amongst offers to spotter my dog, brand me dinner, baby-sit, emails as well as messages cry for if they could select dinner over, could they selection D upward for me this day? My handful of local friends direct hold big hearts as well as I am as well as thus grateful for them because this whole ordeal would move much harder without their support. Sometimes it is as well as thus tardily for me to think, "If I even as well as thus lived inwards Hawaii, I would direct hold help from such as well as such..." or "If entirely I lived closer to as well as thus as well as so..." or "Why did I direct hold to produce this now? It would direct hold been much meliorate after finals." It is as well as thus tardily to autumn inwards to self compassion instead of embracing the blessings correct inwards forepart of me because--truly-- I am really blessed inwards these friendships.

So, for now, I'm non letting reality settle in. Between friends as well as family, I volition direct hold help until January. We'll run into how my mitt is doing afterwards that. Honestly though, I hold back downward at my fiberglass splint as well as I merely cannot believe I did that.

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