“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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