_posts/2007-05-07-carlo-the-carpet-cutter.mmd

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title: "Carlo & The Carpet Cutter"
date: 2007-05-07 18:09:16
slug: 2007/05/07/carlo-the-carpet-cutter
tags: en, life
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A week ago I was doing some home improvement. Well, I tried. And failed. In a
spectacular way—the carpet cutter slipped and chopped through the back of my
thumb.

For a split second I had a clear look at my joint, then it got messy.

Well, Dana got me to the ER – not after saving my life, tho! Standing upright
next to the stairs (upper end), I lost consciousness for about 30 seconds. She
grabbed and yelled at me, and after a while I blinked and was back. Oiy.

Anyways, we got into the ER, and the friendly lady at the reception desk said
_"What's wrong?"_, and I could **finally** say the one thing I had always
envisioned, yet never had the chance to pull off.

_“I’m bleeding.”_

Had to grin a bit after I’ve said it. So worth it. (Well, not really.)

To make a long story short, they stitched my thumb together again. Turns out I
had actually really reached the joint, and even partially cut a tendon.
Splendid.

Now my whole hand is in a cast.

![Cast][1]

Typing is slow as molasses, mostly because the freaking cast is in the way.
The stitches are starting to itch, which probably is a good thing, but that
doesn’t make it better.

The doc gave me two weeks off, and until then, the web is mostly “read-only”
for me. Because writing is slow, as mentioned—this blog entry took half an
hour.

[1]: //dl.dropbox.com/u/7298/blog/wp-content/2007/05/photo-67.jpg