Klutz

On Wednesday, I was working on the deer quilt.  I am outline stitching the logs, trees, deer, cabin, etc, and it was going very well.  I must've been a little too confident, or going too fast, or not paying attention, or all of the above!  Anyway, my finger got under the quilting foot and the sewing machine needle plunged right through the fingernail and completely through the finger.  I had green thread sticking out!  The needle broke into 3 sections, the eye of the needle (about 1/2 in. long) was inside my finger, under the nail, completely buried.  In fact, I wasn't even sure if the needle tip was in there.  But I had an odd bulge near my fingertip, and it was extremely sensitive!  Oh my!!  So I called up the doctor, went in for an x-ray, and yes, it clearly showed in the x-ray that I had a needle in my finger!  This facilitated an in-office surgical procedure to remove the needle tip. Strangely enough, it did not bleed until the Dr. started probing for the needle (my finger had been highly numbed up for this.)  The Dr. cut through the pad of the finger so as to not damage the fingernail.  At any rate, I was sent home with antibiotics, pain meds, and a huge blue bandage!  I see the Dr. this afternoon for a post-op check, and I should be good to go again.  I will be more careful in the future for sure!  At least I didn't get any blood on the quilt!

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