Dammit, I kind of wish I'd gone to Urgent Care straight from work. The cut is right on the 2nd knuckle of my index finger, so it is not wanting to stay closed. I need, like, mini butterfly bandages or something. I can probably fashion something from first aid tape. At least it's my non-dominant hand? I really, really don't want to drop $150 and spend 6 hrs in the ER and miss a day of work due to lost sleep again. Hmm.
Saffron: You're a good man. Mal: You clearly haven't been talking to anyone else on this boat.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
smonster - Jul 30, 2012 3:28:26 pm PDT #18082 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
askye - Jul 30, 2012 3:34:58 pm PDT #18083 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
smonster could you go to urgent care in the morning if you can get it wrapped with tape tonight?
Update from Will - his niece had her baby. She was 2 lbs 11 ozs and they haven't named her yet. But they are both doing well.
smonster - Jul 30, 2012 3:40:26 pm PDT #18084 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Glad to hear niece and baby are doing well! Continued ~ma for them.
Urgent care doesn't open until 10 am, which would make it about 17 hrs after I cut myself, so they might not be able to stitch it anyway if I wait that long.
javachik - Jul 30, 2012 3:54:25 pm PDT #18085 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
She was 2 lbs 11 ozs and they haven't named her yet. But they are both doing well.
Oh, this is wonderful. Thank you for the update.
smonster - Jul 30, 2012 3:57:22 pm PDT #18086 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
(Okay, decided. I'm just going to shower, spray it with Neo to Go, and tape it so I can't bend the finger unthinkingly, and hope the edges heal together overnight. ) /wound me me me
DavidS - Jul 30, 2012 3:59:24 pm PDT #18087 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Please don't bleed out in your sleep, smonster!
smonster - Jul 30, 2012 4:04:03 pm PDT #18088 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Dude, it's not really bleeding any more. It's just that (whitefont for sensitive types) the edges are gaping. There definitely wasn't any spurting, so i didn't hit a large blood vessel. I can't see bone or anything. It'll be fine. I'll have a scar. Any signs of infection, I'm for sure heading to the doctor, because lymphangitis is not something I want to make a habit of.
DavidS - Jul 30, 2012 4:22:11 pm PDT #18089 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Feel free to make a up good story about the knuckle scar then.
"So Fred Phelps opened his big fat mouth one time too many..."
I hope you've got something to mitigate the throbbing and the pain.
smonster - Jul 30, 2012 4:52:20 pm PDT #18090 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
Almost anything is better than "I gashed my knuckle open scraping dried Bondo off a putty knife. Stupidly." Now taking suggestions...
It hurt like hell when it happened and washing it out hurt "like a son of a bitch in bastard sauce," to quote Teppy, but it's not bothering me right now. Typing is only a little awkward with the splint.
Calli - Jul 30, 2012 5:07:50 pm PDT #18091 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
Almost anything is better than "I gashed my knuckle open scraping dried Bondo off a putty knife. Stupidly." Now taking suggestions...
'Gator attack? I hope it heals up quickly.
I just watched Bunheads. It's been a while since I watched something aimed at the teen demo. The ads were all, "Zit. Makeup. Zit. Pixar DVD. Fashion. Food. Zit." Plus ads for every other show ABC Family runs. But mostly ways to deal with zits. I now have the urge to exfoliate down to my freakin' bone marrow.