Monday Evening Sutures...

[jaelie]

So, I had an exciting Monday. Matt and I were planning on rigging up a quickie, temporary gun cart for our next SASS shoot, so after work we head over to the Hardware Store. We walk down the aisles and such, looking at different parts, and on our way over to look at the dowels, we round a corner and I stub my toe. Nothing new there. I'm a klutz.

Ouch! I think. That smarts!

I look down and what do I see? Oh, blood. Whoops. Because not only am I a klutz, I am wearing my standard footwear, the Mighty Comfortable Flip-Flop. So I crouch down to apply pressure, and when I realize just how much blood there is I lift my hands to check out the damage. And yeah. My stomach does a flip-flop all on its own and I immediately re-apply pressure.

The next half hour is spent with people running all over the place helping me and Matt cleaning my nifty little wound up. We also establish fairly quickly that I am in fact going to need stitches. I hate hospitals and almost chicken out. I mean, I could call my mom and she could come down and rescue me with some really good butterfly bandages. She's good at that. Her mother was a nurse with nine children (Mom being the second), and my mom herself having six of her own really prepared her for silliness like this.

However, we have insurance now, so Matt insists. He's driving anyway, so I don't have much say, really, and thinking about it, it is high time for a renewal of that good ole tetanus shot.

I don't like hospitals. And local anesthetics hurt. They poke you a lot for that. On your wound. Although, it is better than them just stitching me up with out it. Owie.

So, in the great case of Jay's Little Toe vs Tin Roofing, I think Tin Roofing came out with a solid victory.

But I did get to miss a day of work.

Comments

[guen-the-cat.livejournal.com]

And is Lowe's reimbursing you for said injury??? In reality, their insurance should be picking up the tab, but since that always turns out to be more of a pain than it's worth, I don't blame you for just going and getting it taken care of immediately.

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

I think they will re-imburse us, as their third party person called, but I have to talk to them first. We'll see.

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

Oh, yeah. One of our friends is going to law school and he said they're definitely liable, but I can't but help feeling silly because I was the klutzy one. Ah, well. If they re-imburse us for our deductible and side expenses (we bought crutches, too), then I'll consider all well.

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

I just called their "Third Party" people, and yep. They're reimbursing our insurance co-pay, my missed work for yesterday, crutches, supplies, etc that we bought, plus a gift card. Sweet!

[guen-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Yay for businesses that actually do their customers right!!!

[tempest-sky.livejournal.com]

*fingers in ears*
LA LA LA LA LA LA LA ....
and so on...

OUCH!

Fish guts I can handle but a gashed toe...not so much....

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

Heh. After that initial Oh, dear! I sure have done a number on myself sensation, I was remarkably calm. It was a very pretty shade of red, really. ^_~

I know, I know. Sometimes I am just weird.

[tempest-sky.livejournal.com]

There is something about gashes that get to me. Like when Tim hurt his thumb...my stomach turned upside down.

[spar30.livejournal.com]

More important than your near amputated toe.... do you still need a gun cart? I'm off Friday and was planning on putting one together for you two.

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Yes, indeeed we would adore one. We kind of just left all the stuff there at the store. ^_^

[annawick.livejournal.com]

I absolutely would have called mom as long as it wasn't spurting or anything. There is no way we could have sat in an ER with a two year old *shudder* that is a horrific thought. Of course, if Mom told me to go to the ER *sigh* I guess I would go.

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

Actually, they processed me in and had me sitting on a bed pretty quick. All told, we were there for an hour and a half. Which, of course, with a two year old would have sucked.

It wasn't spurting or anything. In fact, my blood was so happy to congeal that before we were even out of the store the bleeding had essentially stopped. Considering that I was cut to the bone (that was what made my stomach flip, heh), that's something to be happy about.

[dogdoolb.livejournal.com]

Wow. It's nice that they're so easily trying to compensate for your injury in their store.

Next time, bring tin snips and a hammer to that battle, alright? And maybe some thick leather boots. :)

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

They were actually really nice. Like Matt said, $$ to just "forget that it ever happened" is fine by me, especially since with the cash all our expenses will have been met, and what home owner doesn't need a gift card to the Hardware Store?

And yeah, I think next time I'll definitely bring a hammer and wear some heavy boots!

[spar30.livejournal.com]

You realize that I shall taunt you mightyly for wearing FLIPFLOPS to a hardware store... you know that you guys are bred with the clusmy gene in spades.

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was laughing at myself, too. ^_^

'course if you give me too much of a hard time, I'll just remind you of bug bombs and roaches, Mr I-Am-Not-A-Goof. Muahahah!

[spar30.livejournal.com]

I don't know what you're talking about. I was just utilizing my resources to evacuate ALL the pests from a property :>

[jaelie.livejournal.com]

Including those of the two-legged variety. ^_~

[spar30.livejournal.com]

No reason to be prejudice, a pest is a pest.

[thewolfhound.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[spar30.livejournal.com]

Hey Matt,

I'm a tard,I said that I would call you back but I dont have your work number and the line that you called from didnt show as a listed number. Call me back when you get a chance.

D