I was removing some stickers on the back window of my truck, as I got some new ones to put up. Using my razorblade scraper. Now I've used this 30+ times removing stickers. I do not know if I had my mind on other things or what. But with a slight slip the razor came up and cut my thumb at the base. Well, back to the hospital for the second time today. Three hours in the ER, a few stitches, shots, and back home. I just feel like an idiot though, I should have been paying better attention. Here is a picture on the way home for your amusement.
Ouch! I hope your thumb heals up quickly! It's never fun going to the ER. 3 hours is amazing though. It is very rare that our hospital ever has less than a 6 hr wait to even get back and be seen by a nurse.
Aww Aww, it is ok Jason, accidents happen to all of us. You just like to get yours out of the way all on the same day! How is your hand healing, have you had your stitches out yet?
I got the stitches out. So nice, since they tended to get caught on things. It is still sore sometimes. Especially if I spend too much time at the computer. It looks like it is healing fine, even though I noticed a small "bulge" near the part that got cut the deepest. I was told that it is ok though.
Don't feel like the Lone Ranger; When I was 15, I was painting some window frames, using a razor scraper to trim the excess paint off the glass when it dried. Caught corner of blade in frame. Dropped razor scraper. Grabbed to catch it with my left hand... Caught corner of blade near pad of left index finger, severing the lateral branch of the digital nerve. 45 years later, the thumb side of my left index finger is still numb. S&F Woo-Woo! Post #500!!
Don't feel like an idiot. I could show you scars from dumber things I've done. At least you were trying to do something productive when it happened. Some of my scars involve, shall we say, less productive pursuits. I probably should have given a second thought to diving off the lifeguard chair into the shallow end of the pool that day
Well if we are going to bring up rednecks, beer, and running. Do not put a full bottle, (not can but bottle) in the middle of a fire pit. They will exploded, and I have the shrinking scab on the top of my head to prove it. But the last time it was neat as it just left a crater in the middle, although there was embers around the pit in the yard. I'm sure this is a lesson I will forget and relearn repeated as it is a neat trick when bored.
But get your camera phone out while you're running. It could provide you with a big cash moment. (I hope all is healed Brother Jason. I had a slip moment with a utility knife a few years back that cut my right leg thigh right down to the bone. Yeah, I felt like an idiot, but I had a pizza instead -- right after the emergency room visit.)
