“Sampung mga daliri, patay ang isa…” This has been my theme song for the last two weeks. You see, two weeks ago, something unfortunate happened - my left middle finger “died” so to speak.
It was one fine afternoon. We, Didai, Mishel and yours truly, decided to go to DMC to inquire about their training. As we were loading our stuff inside Mishel’s pick-up truck. Didai sat in the backseat then WHAM! she closes the door. For a second there my mind shut down. Then pain from my left middle finger surged through my brain. As an instinctive reaction I tried shaking my left hand and there it was, blood splattering all over the place - the window, the floor, my shirt. I went directly to the faucet and tried to wash the blood off and there I saw that the the flesh underneath my nail came out. The blood just won’t stop from oozing out so I had to apply pressure on it.
We went directly to the clinic of my uncle just a few minutes away from where we were. Unfortunately when we arrived there was no doctor on duty that day. So I decided to take care of meddy (the name of the middle finger. yes! we gave it a name after the incident) myself. Using a knife (blade + scalpel) and nail cutter, I removed parts of my nail to expose the wound and the protruding flesh. After an hour or so, “the operation” was successful with the help of my scrub nurse Didai and videographer/ photographer Mishel.
A day after the accident I had to make some adjustments. As a web content writer, I needed all of my fingers to be functional. It took me quite some time to get used to typing without using my left middle finger. As of now, the finger’s healing fine… I guess… in a week or two, I might be able to use it again normally.
You can view some of the pictures Mishel took after the jump. It’s kinda graphic so for those who faint at the slightest sight of blood don’t click the link.
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Nurse Didai & Doctor Gigoy |
Bleeding Meddy |
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Doctor Gigoy Operating Onself |
“We have a bleeder! Clamp please” |
I might be posting the video soon ^_^
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May 8th, 2008 at 6:45 pm
O.O
OUCH!!! amp ang sakit nyan… ipit kamay sa sasakyan …
buti nagawan mo ng paraan by operating yourself XD
*bows*
poor finger hehehe
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Lazy Goy reply on May 9, 2008:
sakit jd oi! hehe ^_^ pero may na lng layo sa tina-i ^_^
kazuya014 reply on May 9, 2008:
lageh..layu ra… hehehe
i hope it heals
May 8th, 2008 at 8:33 pm
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Lazy Goy reply on May 9, 2008:
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mas taas ako! hehe ^_^
tflc.l reply on May 9, 2008:
lol.
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May 8th, 2008 at 9:59 pm
wouch! i’ll probably twist in agony if that happened to me.. hehe..
you operated on your wound yourself.. that’s quite a feat ^_^
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Lazy Goy reply on May 9, 2008:
it’s not really an operation as in a medical operation… more like a guy with a sharp tool and a nail cutter… kulang na lng mga cutex para complete na akong manicure/pedicure kit ^_^
May 10th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
I really feel bad about what happened.. you were standing at a distance after loading our stuff & a few minutes passed before i closed the door.. i’m saying this not to vindicate myself rather to at least let you know it was unintentional.. i hope you do realize how sorry i am.. even the photo you posted speaks of how distressed i was that day.. mishel spent 30mins blow drying it but it looks even worse than a bad hair day..
i guess it’s a case of RECKLESS IMPRUDENCE RESULTING TO DAMAGE TO PROPERTY/HOMICIDE (for meddy at least) and my plea, GUILTY!
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Lazy Goy reply on May 10, 2008:
you are then sentenced to treat meddy(along with its owner - me) for a drink after it recuperates.hehe ^_^
May 10th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
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