Lady Cat Lady

Soooooo

Me, being the absolute brilliant person I can be, at times, has injured herself once again. 

I’m not going to show you, it’s gnarly. 

I went out to the garden to grab onions, and washed them, preparing them to be sliced. 

I went to grab my mandolin. 

(I’m sure everyone who knows what a mandolin is, already knows what is coming. 😂. Those who don’t? It’s a slicer)

Seeing as though the onions had long roots, I didn’t grab the guard. 

Ya, y’all I sliced my thumb along with that onion. 

At first, I calmly walked over to the sink and started rinsing it. 

My anxiety rose as I realized the blood wasn’t stopping. 

When I grabbed the paper towel to stop the flow, I was still doing okay. 

Then, it wet the paper towel, and I grabbed the first aid kit heading to Nicks room for assistance. I knew I couldn’t bandage my right hand dominant thumb by myself. 

We bandaged it and I went back to slicing onions….using the guard. 😜

By the time I was done, I noticed my thumb was dripping. 

That’s when the anxiety hit the roof. 

I called for Nick who insisted we go to urgent care. 

Got fixed up, went to work last night, and my thumb nail bed wouldn’t stop bleeding. 

I learned to type when I was in high school, do y’all think I can break the 40 year habit of hitting a space bar with my right thumb in hours? Apparently I did. 😝

See, since part of the cut is in the nail bed, they’d have to remove the nail to do anything about that part. 

This morning, still blood from nail bed. Nick insisted I call my primary care who told me to go to ER. (Emergency room)

I went to the emergency room, where they put on a pressure dressing and a splint. Again, they offered to cut off my nail and stitch it, I said no. 

This is not vanity, folks. This is about pain tolerance. I’m a wimp. 

The doctor said it would heal but I need to protect and not use it. Day off of work for me. 

Fun times. 😕

I’m typing this on my phone, using my index finger. No one is allowed to yell at me. 😛

PS: I’m officially at my goal weight per both urgent care and emergency room scale.