Ouchies!

Last Sunday was fun. We had some friends over for a little brewing (belgian double style again = yummy!) and barbeque and merriment in the early afternoon. At least that was the plan. Then I decided to wash the serrated carving knife in the kitchen sink. Guess why that slightly postponed things?

Yep, I slipped and managed to slice my right index finger. I almost passed out assessing the situation, so it was clearly emergency room time. Phooey. There was lack of mid-afternoon traffic, so we made it to the UCLA hospital in no time, and it was a slow enough day that we were in and out in about an hour. Hooray for health insurance!

It could have been worse... it was about a half inch long and (I think they said) 3 mm deep or so. Three stitches or surgical superglue were the options. I decided on the superglue, since I wouldn't have to return to have the stitches removed. I scar impressively either way. The "water-tight" seal, though, meant that it got fairly gross as healing began, and two days later broken open a little and got all gooey.

I went back to the ER and had it looked at once more. The oozing was pronounced as a normal thing to have happen, although I was given some high-octane antibiotics (5 doses per day for 5 days!). This turned out to be the same brand that Roland the Gunslinger needed in the Dark Tower novels. At least I didn't have to lose a few fingers to mutated lobster-things.

Everyone was fine to start later in the day than we had planned, too, so there was grilled meat after all and there's a beer burbling in the closet again this week.

Oh, and tetanus shots suck a lot.

Posted by rick at August 18, 2006 04:56 PM | More Rantings and Ravings