ER visits are always fun. . .

Well a few months ago one Sunday morning trying to get a little bit done before church. I had hit some lead fragments in a deer cape as I shaved. Opened the thing up and tuned and touched a rock to the lip. And without thinking reached across the top for the Cape and ouch instant 26 stitches right were arm and body joins. Word to the wise shut the guard and slow down and think.

 

Good advice Dux, but I'm betting you didn't make it to church that morning. It seems we all need to be reminded that often times when we are in a hurry, it takes a lot longer to do most things.

 

3bears you are correct. Missed mass but I didn't let that little thing stop me from finishing the Cape that afternoon haha. To stupid or stubborn take your pick.

 

my guess to how this injury occurred would have something to do with a pto shaft on a tractor I have a guy I uses to work for had his hand get wound up in the pto on a skidder and it took his hand apart just like that

 

Went to the ER about a month ago after i set my knife down on the floor while skinning out a elk head, i got up to go get something and as i was walking over to the tool bench i kicked the back of the knife with my right foot and drove it about three inches into my left calf just above my ankle. the best part was realizing after we got to the ER i had a couple of ticks on me and fleas the look on the nurses face was priceless. my wife had to explain that i was a taxidermist and not a homeless guy so i ended up coming home with a swollen ankle a sore shoulder (from the Tetanus shot) and some ticks in a blood vial.

 

long story short. I was crushed by a tree in 1994. I use to be a tree worker until this happened.

 

Will never be able to flip someone off again... Do you have full use of what's left of that hand?

 

Glad its not just me

 

I have learned that to keep out of the ER when you drop your scalpel is to jump away from it or if you try to catch it you probably will, with the blade deep in your hand. If you don't jump away you will also probably catch it, all the way into the top of your foot.

 

sounds like damage to the lymph system.... I'd talk to the doc about that....

 

Why not add some more...Practicing with my new Dakota I got and just happened to stick my knuckle right in the blade as I was finishing up ripped the whole thumb of the glove right off my hand and sucked it in the machine...Lucky it didn't take my thumb with it.

 

Could be a circulation issue too. The Lymph system : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphatic_system

Sounds kinda like lymphedema.. Considering the pressure of the bandage reduces the swelling. Which is why hospitals use pressure wraps on people in surgery... to keep their legs from swelling.

 

I actually sustained this injury playing football but it definitely slowed my taxidermy work down for a few weeks



I know at 38 years of age I should quit the tackle football but I can't help it, still love it!!!! Lol

 

yeah dangerous work!!

 

Ouch! I don't know what I would do if I wver broke a bone! I'll take cuts all day long over broken bones

 

Wow, those finger tip cut off's really hurt for a long time, feel sorry for you Major. Did the same thing on my round wheel a few years ago and every time I tapped or bumped the finger I saw stars.

 

Mines tame compared to some on here but I almost lost the top of a finger working with steel roofing ( can see in the background) and not wearing gloves (dumb)......I was up on ladder, piece slid and I tried to grab it before it hit me....could have been worse. First and last time I work with those giant razorblades...........