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my first stitches

First of all, to my dear Shannon: stop reading now. I’m fine, and that is the most important part.

This is taking me a while to type as my left index finger is bandaged, mostly immobile, and in lots of pain. My first serious cooking-related laceration happened today, while I was cutting bread, of all things. It initially seemed to be minor enough, but we decided to go to the urgent care center in town, and I left an hour later with 5 stitches and a tetanus shot.

I think the scariest part of the whole ordeal was losing that much blood. It was the most blood I can remember seeing, ever. Also I do not recommend the whole getting shots in a deep wound gig. But I was glad to be numbed up for the sewing part. It was neat to watch, but only for about ten seconds.

Lesson learned: never ever ever stop paying attention to exactly what you are doing in the kitchen. I was lucky, but luck is no substitute for good old fashioned caution.

Time to take a painkiller and sleep. The turkey dinner was worth it, at least.

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3 Comments

  1. Lara

    Oh, goodness. I’m glad you’re okay. And I do hope that it begins to feel better quickly.

    Love you and please take care for the rest of your trip, dear!

    Posted on 17-Dec-06 at 10:30 | Permalink
  2. Joshua P.G. Lane

    Wow! That must have been one incredible turkey dinner!! Glad to hear you’re okay. Holiday Cheers!

    Posted on 17-Dec-06 at 11:26 | Permalink
  3. roe

    Owie oww owwwwwwww! :(

    Posted on 17-Dec-06 at 21:13 | Permalink

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