As luck would have it, while helping my roommate Chuy on Saturday switch the pedals from his road bike onto a new mountain bike that he had just purchased, I had to pull really hard and as it gave way, my pinky finger went smashing into the large crank for the chain. As I initially stared down at my finger, I saw that two of the teeth had punctured the skin right above my second knuckle and wrapped 2/3 around my finger. As I bent my pinky and saw how deep the cut was, I could see the white glint of my bone before the blood began to pour (and boy did it pour for awhile).
Enough with the graphic words though. Needless to say, my pinky is swollen, bruised, and unbendable. I'm thankful that the cut was on the top and did not damage the muscle. So other than telling an overly graphic story, where's the picture you may ask? Well since that wonderful Saturday afternoon as I have been redressing my wound (I didn't feel like getting stitches at the hospital), then I tried to capture materials that I've been using to protect my wound to bring my pinky back to health. So here goes.
I wanted to focus on the center of the wrap and the medical scissors, but also have an unfocused vision of the hydrogen peroxide (my arch-nemesis) in the background. I tried to use the warm light of my bathroom to give anti-fluorescent-hospital color.
Sorry for the tough subject for this week. :-8
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Are you sure your finger is Ok?
ReplyDeleteYou should go to the hospital and get the tetanus vaccine.
I could not find any good picture oportunity for this topic but I hope next week's topic is easier on me
Yeah, it's ok. The wound has completely shut and now it just looks like a really long and bad papercut. Luckily I had my tetanus 2 years ago, so I'm good to go! Unless they have a shot for bike grease. :-P
ReplyDeletethat'll teach you to
ReplyDelete1. be a big strong man and
2. help a friend out.
hehe :)