Isolation Diary: Today, working in the garden, the middle finger on my left hand got smashed, SMASHED, when a concrete paving stone fell on it. I was wearing my garden gloves, thank goodness. Still, my gosh it hurt! I cried and moaned and shouted and paced and cried and moaned and shouted for days, well, hours, well, minutes. But a LOT of minutes. And even when I stopped crying and vocalizing, and managed to rinse and bandage the wound, it still hurt. A lot. I had some strong prescriptive ibuprofen that I had never used, but I used it now. I had to drive to Pasadena to relieve Maggie and Adam for awhile (from Fig care), and I had to tell myself to focus on my driving and not my finger. Here it is late at night and it is still bleeding. DON’T tell me to go to an ER. I am NOT going to do that. Not under the current circumstances. I will be fine. I am fine. It’s one finger. I have 9 more. When I got to Maggie and Adam’s house I made sure to relate my trauma (!!!) and was subsequently hugged and commiserated with. So that was good.
Danielle O.
Oh gosh! I have no clue how to help but I Hope it feels better soon!Heatherlynn N.G.
Ruth Silveira sending you loveLinda M.
Owwwww!!Ruth Silveira
Linda M. Exactly! Owwwww!Jeff L.
How is it today?Ruth Silveira
Jeff L. Finally better.
Then some good advice from Carolyn, which I didn’t follow.Ruth Silveira
Carolyn K. I am beginning to heal. I will be ok. Sorry to be so alarming but gosh darn this hurt. No pain now except when I bump my hand against something, and now that I have a finger injury I realize how often my hands encounter other objects, often by mistake.DeAnne M.
Awwwww so sorry!! I hope it mends quicklyRuth Silveira
DeAnne M. getting betterJanet R.
Ice – sorry to hear this RuthRuth Silveira
Janet R. Finger is feeling better although covered in gauze. Still I attempted a pie crust today. And I recently read a tip: let your crust dough relax for a day, supposedly to break down any elasticity that was developed during the preparation and thus resulting in more flakiness. I am trying that now. Will report.(The pie tip works.)Mandi M.H.
Oh noooo! Those crush wounds hurt the worstJoyce H.
Ouch!Holly B.
Dear Ruth, So sorry for your accident. Take care and I’ll say a prayer for you and your speedy recovery. XX00 HollyRuth Silveira
Holly B. It’s working! Thank you.Sandy R.
Alisa T.
soak in Epsom salts, hot as you can take it, antibiotic ointment and bandage and keep elevated!!! And no – you do NOT want to go to an ER right now unless you absolutely have to.Paul B.
I hear Irish whiskey kills painRick C.
sending love to you!!Laura E.F.
Aw Ruth I DREAD one of my ridiculous tumbles for this very reason! Be well!Nancy W.
Oh, your poor finger! It will get better. Sending healing thoughts.Terry W.
Did you say, “Darn it!” Out loud?Ruth Silveira
Terry W. Mostly I was saying Owwwwwwwwwwwww. Probably there was a ‘darn it’ in there. Also a few, ‘this hurts so much!!!!’ and more ‘Owwwwwwww’. And just random noise.