Monday, April 19, 2010

Emergency Room!

I should of posted this a couple of weeks ago, but I haven't had the chance yet so now is as good as time as any. While I was at work I was in charge of preparing lunch that day which was pizza and bread-sticks so all I had to do was put them in the oven and cook them. Pretty easy right? Well, it was all going well until I had to open up the sauce packets for the bread-sticks. I used a sharp knife of course to open them and the one time I wasn't paying attention I sliced my finger really bad. I mean blood was gushing out EVERYWHERE. It was still a little early so no one had come yet so I had to put on a band-aid all by myself which was no easy task. I was scared that I would need to go to the emergency room, but I was hoping that I wouldn't have too. The cut hurt really really bad, but once I bandaged it up I continued to prepare lunch the best I could. I had to keep changing the band-aid and I didn't have enough pressure on it i think until my boss helped me put it on better, but the bleeding didn't stop so I ended up at the emergency room after lunch which was a couple of hours later. I should of went in sooner, but I was a chicken and I really didn't want them to have to sew it back up. So I picked up Gary at work and we went to the emergency room in Largo. If you ever want to get in real quick it helps to start bleeding all over the place which is what happen to me after I signed in and sat down in the chair. Gary told the receptionist that my finger was bleeding so she gave me some tissues and called in the back to have someone take care of me which was nice. After I checked in with the nurse who was nice she took the bandaged off and cleaned it up and then went off to get the doctor to look at my finger. I really like the doctor he was funny and made me feel at ease. He told me that I wouldn't need to sew it up, but that he would put a liquid bandaged on it which was a relief to hear. After he did that the nurse came back and put a normal band-aid on it and then wrapped it in gauze. The next day my finger was really hurting me with some shooting pain all day and on top of that my allergies were acting up and I was tired so suffice it to say I didn't get much done that weekend. My finger is almost healed now which is a relief, because it hurt for so long.

1 comment:

  1. Oh my!!! I am glad to hear you are better! Even if it was awhile ago.

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