So my mother hustles her off to the MedHelp clinic. From what I was able to gather from the scene of the accident, my sister was trying to slice a rather tough block of cheese, the knife slipped and cut her finger instead, and because she was already bearing down so hard--you get the picture.
Then later I hear from my stepfather, who has talked to Mom, that MedHelp says they can't do anything for her. She's going to have to go to the university hospital. I'm starting to feel a little sick about this now.
Two or three hours into this, I get a call from my sister. She sounds deadpan and very tired.
"Oh my God, is everything okay?"
"Yeah, well... looks like I cut through the tendon. But I still have sensitivity. They made it sound a lot worse than it actually is, even worse than I thought it was. So I'm going to go into surgery... whenever. Stitches. I don't know if they're going to give me anything, though."
"They're not going to give you any anesthesia?"
"I don't know. I'm just afraid--see, you know all the medical shows I watch." She was really into ER back in the day, and now she's into Grey's Anatomy. "I'm probably going to get an intern. It's probably going to be their first stitch--" I hear my mother talking in the background. "NO I'm not afraid it's going to look bad, I'm afraid they're going to mess up my hand!"
" 'Do you have an Izzie? Don't give me Izzie.' "
"Heh, yeah."
(I have no idea if Izzie's a terrible doctor or not. It was just the first Grey's name that came to mind.)
"So anyway, I was calling to see if you could put my clothes in the dryer. Forty minutes on permanent press or whatever."
B] lol, laundry. I like how she's all ~omg my finger is going to fall off~ and then just jumps right back to the mundane.
[and I wish all you well, that shit's not easy to deal with.]
I'm a bit surprised we didn't get the "Tribulations" tag here, incidentally.
I get very nervous whenever I hear about injuries that damage something beyond skin and capillaries, basically. But the retention of sensation is a good sign.
Goodness, I hope she'll be okay. I hope you'll all be okay, that's... kythsjlghlhwhn I'm going to hug my fingers for a bit.
Cleo, really, sympathies to your family and I hope the surgery is as smooth and successful as humanly possible. And good luck with the laundry!
Hope your sister gets better soon! I'm sure everything will turn out just fine.
And like everyone else is saying - how crazy and amazing is your sister to have the presence of mind to remember her clothing in a time like that!
Priorities, Ladies!
In all seriousness, from being in the same boat but with a can lid, I wish her a speedy recovery.
Anyway, I hope everything turns out! What's with the kitchen and your family? Wasn't that the place where the dogs got in a fight? Better sage the corners.
And sadly this just reminded me of Jacob/Bella. Eclipse, I think? scary.
It's an epidemic.
It's not the best thing in the world, but it's got some wonderfully snarky moments. I forget that it's even on the CW (I hate the CW) and it's pretty easy to catch up since they are still on hiatus.
Best of luck with her surgery. And go with the presliced cheese block.
She's probably going to need major assistance for a while, but I would assume since she was cutting at the time, it's her non-dominant hand that was injured, so she won't feel so handicapped.