I feel it is my duty to warn the world about the dangers of fixing dinner for your family. Wednesday evening, just after Guy had gone to scouts, I was trying to quickly finish up dinner for the boys, when I managed to chop off a piece of my left index finger tip. Luckily, it didn't go to the muscle, and I was amazingly calm in the stress of the moment and managed to get my finger cleaned up and bandaged, and got dinner on for the boys. But I've been completely grossed out by the injury since, and I make Guy look at it for me (although I prefer to put the bandages on, rather than have Guy do it, because I can feel to get the pressure right where I need it). I was feeling frustrated by my carelessness and worrying about how long this will take to heal, all the things that will be harder to do in the meantime (typing being one of them), and wondering if my finger will ever look normal again, when my mom told me she had a very similar injury to her thumb (just before she ran the sewing machine needle through her finger), and it has healed really well. She did say that as far as pain goes, her thumb hurt much worse while healing than the needled finger. I do ok, until I bump the finger into something or until Mitchell decides to grab the big, fat bandage, and squeeze!
At any rate, I've determined that it is simply too dangerous to make meals for my family any more, and you may want to consider doing the same. The risks are just too great. Now I'm trying to figure out how we can survive on a diet of things that don't need to be chopped. Poor family.
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Yay! I now have a finger-mauling buddy! I hacked off a bit of my finger while stupidly reaching into a bag with an exposed razor. Unfortunately I was also supposed to type up two six-page essays that day, so I feel for you and the difficulty with typing. I will admit your story made me feel a bit nauseous as I tend to have a problem with finger/toe injuries. Weird.
I actually had the thought while I was trying to tape up my finger. It's a good thing I'm not Kalen or I'd be passed out right now. . .
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! I can't read that post again. I hope it feels better soon! Let me know if you come up with that new diet!
Kira says: "I think that would be painful!"
Don't you think you should sew the piece back on to be sure it heals right? (That was said with my tongue firmly in my cheek, but I do wonder if you might want it stitched up by somebody. Not that I'm offering . . .)
Henry and Rose have both had miserable colds all week, and I thought that was a good enough reason to give up cooking, but I can see that the riskiness inherent in cooking is an even better (and more long-lasting) reason.
May you have a speedy recovery!
P.S. I forgot to say: Ewww! :)
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