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Jan. 1st, 2004 04:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quietannSo... with the impending job, I got back in touch with David the carpenter from Vermont (who was at our wedding, and has done fabulous work on Ben's house), because if I have a job, we can use ben's money to do the long-awaited renovations to the kitchen and bathrooms.
I got an email back from his wife (they share an email account). On Tuesday, David sliced the very tips off 4 of the fingers on his right hand while using his table saw! argh! The bones and joints are undamaged, and he has sensation in his fingers, so it's not *really* bad news. He's on painkillers and not able to do any work for at least 3 weeks... We are hoping that he'll view working for us (as opposed to some general contractor) as a way to ease back into things.
I got an email back from his wife (they share an email account). On Tuesday, David sliced the very tips off 4 of the fingers on his right hand while using his table saw! argh! The bones and joints are undamaged, and he has sensation in his fingers, so it's not *really* bad news. He's on painkillers and not able to do any work for at least 3 weeks... We are hoping that he'll view working for us (as opposed to some general contractor) as a way to ease back into things.
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Date: 2004-01-02 11:18 am (UTC)The funniest thing was that the ER nurse (a former Army medic) bandaged the fingers up like twin corn dogs, but the surgeon the next day just put on a couple band-aids.
Anyway, I hope David makes a full and speedy recovery.
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Date: 2004-01-03 02:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-01-04 05:59 pm (UTC)One of my sisters slammed her finger in the hinge of a door once, and the finger tip was hanging on by little more than a thread of skin. That was nasty, and we ended up going to three emergency rooms before it was stitched together.
And then there was the time I took a couple swipes at my left hand with a hack saw. I was sawing wood, my mind wandered and before I realized it I'd taken a couple slices at my hand.
Still have some scars, but they're faint.
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Date: 2004-01-06 02:27 am (UTC)