4 (four) fourth: I’m a klutz!

It’s official!  I am a klutz……  I am now a full-fledged member of the rotary-cutter-finger-slicers society.

It was always hard for me to imagine how someone could cut their finger with a rotary cutter.  Sure, they are a rolling razor blade, but surely no one would put their finger in the path of the cutter (or would they??).  It all happened in slow motion (a phenomenon that I don’t really understand, but this is how those traumatizing events happen to most people)…..  I was doing a paper pieced block and using my handy-dandy add a quarter ruler (I love that ruler) when out of the blue my cutter veered off the path of the edge of the ruler and rolled right over my left index finger… full force!!!!  YeeeOwwwwiiiiii!!  It did not hurt; it did not bleed at first; and it cut the whole chunk of flesh off along with a small sliver of my fingernail.

Now I must regress for a moment….  it was just a month earlier to the day that my Mom did the very same thing.  I ended up taking my Mom to the ER and after they xrayed her finger to make sure she did not nick the bone, she had 13  stitches neatly placed in the end of her finger.

Now the difference is Mom had sliced into her finger while I sliced a chunk completely off.  For me there was nothing to stitch to so I did not bother to make the trip to the ER.  I just applied pressure because once it started bleeding, it was profuse. 

End of the story:  now, three and a half months later, the fingertip is still healing inside and somewhat tender to the touch and the spot is not numb, but is tingly when pressure is applied.  However, there is barely a scar visible.  Now, how can I prove that I am a full-fledged member of the rotary-cutter-finger-slicers society?  I bet they aren’t going to let me into their meetings anymore…..

Here’s hoping that you are never initiated into this club!

Rotary cutter did it!!