Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! Don't ever try to catch a falling wine glass!
We had just finished dinner out on the Great Patio of Dunwoody, when it started to rain. So, we went inside and I proceeded to open yet another bottle of wine. (our 4th) Somehow, I knocked an empty wine glass off the island in my kitchen. With lightniig quick reflexes, I caught it before it hit the floor. Unfortunately, it broke in my hand and cut the bejesus out of my ring finger and my little finger right down where they join my hand. You should have seen the blood. Fortunately, Cindy is a nurse and I have a veritable cornucopia of medical dressings. She bound up my wound and off we went to the emergency room.
The closest hospital was Northside, so that's where we went. Since Cindy had done such a good job dressing the wound, the bleeding had stopped. We were at the ER for about a half-an-hour before they took us back to an exam room.
The nurse practioner took one look at the cuts and sent me off to x-ray. When I returned, they had a tetanus shot ready for me. Then I got to soak my hand in a Hibi-cleanse solution. It was a good thing they x-rayed me 'cause there were two little pieces of glass in one of the cuts.
The nurse practioner gave me some novocaine and proceeded to wash out the wounds. Then it was back to x-ray to make sure she got all the glass out. It was on this trip that I noticed a sign that said 'Emergency Room personnel are not employees of Northside Hospital. They are contractors who are allowed to use hospital facilities.' Holy crap! Just like the computer industry everything is generating toward contractors.
The glass was all out, so the NP gave me eight stitches, a prescription for an antibiotic, some pain pills and sent me on my way.
Did I mention that this was my right hand that was injured? While my right hand was soaking, I had to sign some medical forms with my left hand. Funny, my signature does not look too different left-handed.
I was finished and off we went back to my house to have dessert, a banana cream pie I had made earlier. Meanwhile, my right hand is all bound up, and I can't use my crutches to walk, so I'm in a wheelchair. Since I can't do transfers very well, I'm gonna be stuck at home, probably until the stitches come out next week.
Well this certainly was a memorable Memorial Day holiday.
Posted by denny at May 26, 2003 12:41 PM