Wednesday, Bloody Wednesday

[ciroccoj]

Update from last night's tip-of-finger-amputation: I was very impressed this morning when I saw Chris' very, very neat dressing.



Asked him when he did that. He looked at me kind of funny and said, "When I went to the hospital emerg."

"What?"

Long pause. "You don't remember that at all, do you?"

"Really? You went to the hospital? How come?"

"It wouldn't stop bleeding."

"Oh."

Last I remember, he'd tried to change the dressing on it at midnight and was at it for about half an hour before asking for my help. The toilet looked like somebody had slaughtered a small animal, because he'd put all the blood-soaked tissues into it. Gaaaah...

So yeah. He went to emerg last night around 3AM, got some shots and one stitch, and the lovely dressing you see above. And the following conversation:

Doc: Wow, you pretty much sliced off the top of your finger.
Chris: Pretty much.
Doc: What were you doing?
Chris: Chopping vegetables.
Doc: At three in the morning?
Chris: No, at dinner time.
Doc: ...
Chris: I thought the bleeding would stop on its own.
Doc: ...

***
And apparently last night at one point the emerg doc said, "I'm not... really... sure I can do anything. I hate to send you home without doing anything for you, but..."

"Oh that's OK," he told her. "I'm happy either way. Either I go home and the problem's solved, or I go home and tell my wife, 'See? I told you I didn't need to go to the hospital!'"

***
Me: Every day's an adventure, living with you, isn't it?
Chris: Exactly. Handsome, handy, and easy to mock. What more do you need? ::pause:: OK, maybe less blood might be nice.

***
So I tell Chris I've immortalized him on lj yet again. "Let the snickers fly," he says.

Comments

[bandgeek.livejournal.com]

Heheheh ... yes, I am laughing at him a bit. But I'm also thinking that you caught a pretty good husband there. That's an accomplishment. :)

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Heheheh ... yes, I am laughing at him a bit.
You're a better person than I - I was laughing at him a lot :)

But I'm also thinking that you caught a pretty good husband there.
LOL yeah, I did. He keeps me laughing, anyway - whether it's with him, or at him ;)

[cabenson.livejournal.com]

Doctah...heal thyself! Actually, he shouldn't be as worried about LJ users teasing him over amputating his fingertip and thinking the bleeding would stop on it's own as much as the nipplage pic you posted of him ;)

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

as much as the nipplage pic you posted of him ;)
LOL! I totally didn't notice that!

[bear.livejournal.com]

HEEEEEEE.

Chris, as always, is awesomeness personified. :)

(ps I'm aliiiiiiiiiiive!)

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Chris, as always, is awesomeness personified. :)
Yeah. And he's mine, all mine, amputated finger and all. Lucky, lucky me.

(ps I'm aliiiiiiiiiiive!)
Yaaay! for still being alive!

::pets you::

::hopes the workplace is being good to you::

::pets you some more::

[daf9.livejournal.com]

Sounds like, for the sake of your peace of mind, it's a good thing he didn't choose surgery as his medical specialty.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Sounds like, for the sake of your peace of mind, it's a good thing he didn't choose surgery as his medical specialty.
Sounds like for a lot of patients' peace of mind it's a good thing he didn't choose surgery as his medical speciatly ;)

[ladystarstruck.livejournal.com]

More importantly, the ratio of amused to horrified is veering significantly towards amused now.

[ciroccoj.livejournal.com]

Hee, yeah. The actually useful bandage went a long way towards dissipating some of the horror, because I must say the bloodsoaked dishcloths weren't soothing me much :) :)