Glad you are going to be ok.
I wasn't so lucky and cut a tendon in half on my ring finger
I`m not sure about you but I was in more pain when i twas cleaned than when it happened.
-Todd
Pressure irrigation - I was not properly numbed yet when they first tried - I think they heard me 2 floors up. I had a brand new MD. Seems he's been in the ER something like 10-12 days, so everything had to be checked by his "boss"
It was a fun trip. The first thing that happened was that when they tried to draw the lidocane from the first bottle - it exploded - the MD and I got a bath in lidocane. Then the MDs had a discussion of "differenet ways to numb the finger" - aka where and how to inject
The first set of injections nummed me from the knuckle to oh, mid way up the 2nd digit. When they went to clean - I screamed - they did a 2nd set, that got most of the finger numb, but when they got to the distal digit, I screamed, but not as loud. The did more, fine through the cleaning, but when they went to do the actual stitches, I said (not scream) Thathurts a bit - they did a 4th set, and then I totally lost the finger - to the point that as he was sewing me up, I said "I'd hate to saound mundane, but I'm hungry" (I cut myself at 11am, and it was now 2pm)
To make this more fun, as I walked out of the ER, I called my wife. My father in law collapsed at the Mets game, and was rushed to the hospital - heat stroke. My F-I-L is one of those folks who is "always cold" and was wearing a 3 season jacket, cordoroy pants, and a wool hat - in 100 deg heat index. He spent about 6 hours in the hospital getting an IV, and being checked out.
Edit:
One thing I learned again - it's HARD to try and put dressings on yourself, in particular, your hands. Luckily, my neighbor was home to help me, and I could direct him right to the first aid kit