Hi everyone.
It's been some time since my last blog post but I have a very valid excuse. Typing is currently very difficult for me so rather than attempt to retype the whole story, I have posted the 3 Journal entries I made on Deviant Art as an explanation.
This entry contains a gross photo of a post-surgery wound. DON'T READ IT IF YOU DISLIKE SUCH THINGS!
Wednesday October 6th, 2010
Well.
I am typing this one handed. Why you ask. Well, I did a very stupid thing today. I couldn’t find my scissors to cut something, so I grabbed a huge knife. You can guess what happened i'm sure.
Knife slipped...finger sliced...blood gushed....
I called my boss for help to take me to hospital emergency room. I could see the bone, that’s how deep I sliced it. Index finger on my left hand, by the way. And the moment I cut it, all the feeling was gone. Totally numb except for the pain but my fingertip had no feeling. Very scary.
My landlord helped me wrap my bleeding finger in a towel and ice. Then my boss drove me to hospital.
A triage nurse bandaged my hand and told me I needed stitches. I then waited an hour. My boss had to leave so I stayed alone
Anyway, after an hour I got seen to. So I thought, hey, a few stitches and I’ll be fine.
The doctor took one look and said it was one of the worst he has seen, and that I need SURGERY.
THAT’S RIGHT. I managed to sever the nerves and need them surgically reconnected. By a plastic surgeon no less. The doctor then told me I may never get the feeling back in my finger, so of course I freaked out and cried my eyes out...
The specialist looked at it and said that with surgery it should be fine, but that doctor scared me
Anyway. I'm scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning at 7am. My friend will be taking me to the hospital.
Me scared...never had surgery before....
In any case, I thought I better journalise these events seeing as I won't be able to use my hand for a while. Which means no jewellery making, no good photography, no writing since typing takes ridiculously long...so pretty much no deviations...
I'll post again after my surgery. Hope for me that the healing goes well and I get my feeling back in my finger!
CrystalRox~
I am typing this one handed. Why you ask. Well, I did a very stupid thing today. I couldn’t find my scissors to cut something, so I grabbed a huge knife. You can guess what happened i'm sure.
Knife slipped...finger sliced...blood gushed....
I called my boss for help to take me to hospital emergency room. I could see the bone, that’s how deep I sliced it. Index finger on my left hand, by the way. And the moment I cut it, all the feeling was gone. Totally numb except for the pain but my fingertip had no feeling. Very scary.
My landlord helped me wrap my bleeding finger in a towel and ice. Then my boss drove me to hospital.
A triage nurse bandaged my hand and told me I needed stitches. I then waited an hour. My boss had to leave so I stayed alone
Anyway, after an hour I got seen to. So I thought, hey, a few stitches and I’ll be fine.
The doctor took one look and said it was one of the worst he has seen, and that I need SURGERY.
THAT’S RIGHT. I managed to sever the nerves and need them surgically reconnected. By a plastic surgeon no less. The doctor then told me I may never get the feeling back in my finger, so of course I freaked out and cried my eyes out...
The specialist looked at it and said that with surgery it should be fine, but that doctor scared me
Anyway. I'm scheduled for surgery tomorrow morning at 7am. My friend will be taking me to the hospital.
Me scared...never had surgery before....
In any case, I thought I better journalise these events seeing as I won't be able to use my hand for a while. Which means no jewellery making, no good photography, no writing since typing takes ridiculously long...so pretty much no deviations...
I'll post again after my surgery. Hope for me that the healing goes well and I get my feeling back in my finger!
CrystalRox~
Thursday October 7th, 2010
Hi all.
Just a quick update. I had my surgery yesterday, everything went ok.
I had to be at admissions by 7am. By 8am I was called in, had to put on a robe and get into a hospital bed. There I stayed while various doctors and nurses came and asked questions and brought me surgery consent forms. Eventually around 10.15am I was wheeled into another room pending my procedure. Final checks were done before they took me to surgery. I was left in a little room just outside the operating theatre doors. By this point I was pretty scared. An Anaesthetist placed an IV into my hand and injected a sedative that made me feel dopey and floaty.
I then remember the doctor injecting something else into my IV. It was a really weird sensation I could actually feel it flowing into my vein and up my arm. I remember thinking 'that’s weird why are they giving me more sedative and when will they tell me they are giving me the anaesthetic?' and then the next thing I knew I was waking up in Recovery.
Its weird waking up from surgery in a strange place with an oxygen mask on your face. Kinda scary.
Anyway the surgery ended up taking an hour; they had to repair nerves, tendon and a few other things. And the surgeon told me I'll never get the full feeling back in the finger.
Just a quick update. I had my surgery yesterday, everything went ok.
I had to be at admissions by 7am. By 8am I was called in, had to put on a robe and get into a hospital bed. There I stayed while various doctors and nurses came and asked questions and brought me surgery consent forms. Eventually around 10.15am I was wheeled into another room pending my procedure. Final checks were done before they took me to surgery. I was left in a little room just outside the operating theatre doors. By this point I was pretty scared. An Anaesthetist placed an IV into my hand and injected a sedative that made me feel dopey and floaty.
I then remember the doctor injecting something else into my IV. It was a really weird sensation I could actually feel it flowing into my vein and up my arm. I remember thinking 'that’s weird why are they giving me more sedative and when will they tell me they are giving me the anaesthetic?' and then the next thing I knew I was waking up in Recovery.
Its weird waking up from surgery in a strange place with an oxygen mask on your face. Kinda scary.
Anyway the surgery ended up taking an hour; they had to repair nerves, tendon and a few other things. And the surgeon told me I'll never get the full feeling back in the finger.
I should still be able to make jewellery when I can use my hand again, but I’ll need to learn to compensate for my damaged digit. The surgeon also told me it will ache in cold weather for the rest of my life. I can just hear myself now...
'There's cold weather a'comin...ah can feel it in the ol finger!'
XD
Anyway I’m in a cast and a sling for now. I have x-rays and a checkups on Monday - I’ll find out then I suppose how long I’ll be in a cast for. In the meantime I'm going a little crazy nit being able to type quickly and with handling everyday tasks one handed. Thankfully, I have a friend to stay with for a few days and she is helping me.
So anyway that’s what's happening with me. Feeling a lot better now my two day ordeal is over and now concentrating on recovery.
Shalie sure cheered me up too with this beautiful gift ^_^ [link]
CrystalRox~
Thursday October 14th, 2010
Hi all,
Just a quick update on my recovery status
had a checkup at the hospital this week and was told for the first time the damage I did.
The knife wound was to my left index finger and completely severed two tendons, an artery and most of the nerves, as well as partially severing a third tendon.
I am now in a splint for 6 weeks and not allowed to use any fingers on my left hand until the splint is removed. Once it comes off I will require extensive therapy to regain use of the damaged finger and rest of my hand.
My finger still feels dead and I’m told not to expect full feeling to return.
Just a quick update on my recovery status
had a checkup at the hospital this week and was told for the first time the damage I did.
The knife wound was to my left index finger and completely severed two tendons, an artery and most of the nerves, as well as partially severing a third tendon.
I am now in a splint for 6 weeks and not allowed to use any fingers on my left hand until the splint is removed. Once it comes off I will require extensive therapy to regain use of the damaged finger and rest of my hand.
My finger still feels dead and I’m told not to expect full feeling to return.
In the meantime I am going crazy not being able to use my left hand...its really getting me down, especially since I cant do the things I love like jewellery making
*sighhhh* 6 weeks to go....
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