Friday, July 17, 2009

squeamish alert

i had a little studio accident this morning. (kind of freaky, really). i was finishing up a pair of earrings for a client and i was trying to remove some dried resin from around the little port where i would connect the earring hook to the charm. i was using a very tiny embroidery hook and well..... i ended up impaling it through my finger. how gross is that? my hands were a little slippery and i held the piece up in the air to see the port better..... it all happened so quickly. it went through my finger and almost out the other side. no one was home and my car wasn't here. i took a look at it and said to myself "uh-oh, this isn't good". i considered pulling it out, but then remembered the hook at the other end and thought better of it. thank goodness there was no blood - but the pain - oh yeah...... i called my neighbor/doctor, but he was out. so i called his office and they said come right down. called jeff and said, come home, i've had a slight accident (he was just down the road). i was a little peek-ed at that point, no color, sweating, nauseaous, etc. of course, i had the druthers to snap a picture of it though!

everyone at the office wanted to know how i did it. i finally started saying i was drunk as it sounded better than, "oh, i carelessly rammed it through my finger".... workers kept coming in to get a peek, which wasn't making me happy. i finally said, "oh come on, this is getting embarrassing". the doc gathered up his tools, gave me some numbing shots (OUCH!!!) - snipped off the long end of the hook, then slit a small incision on the other side (because he could feel the hook right there) and then pushed it through. i think jeff was taking pictures on his camera phone. i also had an xray taken and it looked good. no bone was hit, no foreign matter and just some tissue swelling.



14 comments:

  1. Oh my gooooodness!!! WOW!!! that is soooo insane! Glad it wasn't a worse scenario. I'm going to be cringing all day now....lol...ahhhhhhhh!!! yikes!!!!!!

    Poor girl...

    Hope you are feeling better!!

    Have a Happy weekend!!!
    xoxo Jenny

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  2. girl, you will do anything for a blog entry!! hope you are on some good meds and chase it with a bottle, i mean glass of wine, lol....xoxoxox

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  3. OUCH! More than OUCH!
    Hope your boo-boo gets better soon!
    xoxo
    Jill

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  4. OMgosh! It actually doesn't look that bad because there is no blood but it does look painful! Hope you feel better soon. The things we do for art. :)

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  5. Good Grief Charlie Brown!! Glad you are "ok"

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  6. Holy moly woman! Wow! Hope your owie feels better now - what a story and what pictures! (gasp) Bet I get them back in an email of graphic injury pictures that circulates down the road - you'll be famous!

    I've been away for awhile so I'm off to catch up on the rest of you!

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  7. Oh my goodness, Kecia, I'm so glad you are alright!!! That sounds so painful! Take care sweetie,
    Tami

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  8. oh my gosh! i would have FREAKED out! I did that once with a wire coat hanger through the bottom of my foot, up and around. only plastic hangers in my home now. hope you heal fast! Rhonda...

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  9. ouch! kecia, that is a freak accident! it doesnt even have a sharp point on it. glad youre ok!
    now be careful darling!
    hugs
    vivian

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  10. Wow! Freakish! I will handle my crochet needles with more respect!!! Glad you're OK.
    oxoxoLezlei

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  11. I hope you charged your client some 'hazard pay' lol I can't even begin to imagine how much your finger must have ached while it healed...OUCH! Glad to hear it missed the bone - gulp -

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