January 12, 2004
Geez! I'm Dangerous!
I was thinking of titling this, "A Bloody Weekend". But, I thought that sounded more like a Monday newspaper headline describing the weekends gang shootings. Anyway, I managed to cut myself pretty bad, on both Saturday and Sunday:
The first image is a shot of a cut I got on the back of my right hand, just below the middle finger. I managed to bang into the edge of a piece of aluminum, while I was a work, and it cut the back of my hand like a very sharp knife. It started to bleed pretty bad. I washed it out, and clamped a paper towel on it to staunch the bleeding. The owner's daughter suggested I try styptic powder, which is what they put on the dog's claws, if they trim too far down and they start bleeding. She read the package and it didn't state that it was for humans, but there were no warnings against it. So, she poured some on my wound, and I used a clean part of the paper towel to push it into the cut. It worked!
The second wound is from yesterday (Sunday). I was washing dishes (still haven't got the dishwasher). I shoved the rag down inside the glass to the bottom and started turning the glass. This is how I've always done it, to clean the bottom of the glass. Suddenly, I heard a plink and realized too late, that there must have been some sort of flaw in the glass and the pressure from my hand made a triangular piece go flying off, while I was still turning the glass. So, the glass cut into my finger. This one bled as bad as the one yesterday. Unfortunately, I didn't have any styptic powder around. So, I used a band-aid, put on tightly, to stem the flow. That worked okay. Now, you can see the ugly wound I got on my left ring finger.
Mike happened to be out when I was washing the dishes. So, I called him on the cell and asked him to stop at the grocery store and get a nice scrubbing brush specifically for scrubbing glasses. He found one, bought it, and brought it home. So, at least until I get a dishwasher, I shouldn't sustain any more cuts along those lines.
Posted by Valkyre at January 12, 2004 08:25 PM