[at-l] The weekend of "The Finger"

[m_factor@hotmail.com (Mara Factor)]

Skeeter,

Nothing personal but I will try NOT to emulate you this weekend when I'm out 
with the ALDHA work group in VT.

Hope it heals fast,

Mara
Stitches, GAME99


>From: "Mark Hudson" <hudsom@us.ibm.com>
>To: at-l@backcountry.net
>Subject: [at-l] The weekend of "The Finger"
>Date: Wed, 9 May 2001 06:57:37 -0400
>
>Well gang, Skeeter is finally back from an involuntarily extended weekend.
>While building a rock water bar with the NY-NJ-TC I managed to get my left
>index finger between a rock and a hard place. This is know as a crush
>injury, and would have qualified for that gruesome slide show that's been
>run at the last couple of Gatherings. The bad news is 10 or more stitches,
>a minor break in the bone, and a lost nail. (if you wish to imagine peeling
>a banana you'll have a pretty good idea of what I did to my finger). If
>you'd like a graphic description of the doc removing the fingernail with a
>scapel you'll have to e-mail the doc, I couldn't bear to watch. <g>
>Some good news, 'Digi-block' works really well! I had the bandage changed
>and everything inspected yesterday, things are healing well, the finger
>bends where it's supposed to and feels where it's supposed to, I expect
>things to work out fine except the possibility of a long term aversion to
>rocks <g>. Oh, and the really good news is that this shouldn't interfere
>with the Colorado hike <VBG>
>
>Learning to type with nine fingers,
>
>Skeeter
>
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