Neighbor cut off two fingers

The pharmacy of any store will replace your child proof caps with standard caps. I ask for them all the time.

I had to post quickly yesterday because I had a therapy appointment to get to but would like to continue with this topic....

When I was leaving the hospital with my arsenal of drugs it didn't occur to me the problems I would have opening them (or anything else). Of course, they were all childproof! So, I was having to constantly ask a "child" to open them for me. The subscriptions I've gotten filled since I've requested the easy open (either screw-off or pop-off).

Some of the personal care issues you have to learn to do yourself; I don't have someone standing next to me throughout the day unscrewing the toothpaste or helping me with the little bit of makeup I wear (mascara and a little eyeliner). I use my mouth.

I have long hair and am thinking about getting it cut; washing it with one hand isn't too tough but I can't even pull it back into a pony tail without help. A nurse in the hospital did put it in a French braid and that was nice but I guarantee my male children don't have a clue as to what a French braid even is!

If you do cook for your friend, and you're not going to be there to help her eat, make sure it is something that doesn't require cutting. I usually (not always) at least have my kids here to cut my meat for me.

My kids help me (for the most part) but the dishes are the hardest to keep up with. I'm looking for a used portable (affordable) dishwasher so that I can quit nagging about getting that taken care of.

Also, driving (even with an automatic) can be exhausting; pushing/pulling a shopping cart, too. So, any of that stuff that you can offer your services for I'm sure would be appreciated.

I am an extremely independent person and being dependent, even on my own children, has been very hard emotionally on me.

Janis

I done a 97% amputation of my left index finger which is a very important finger. My hardest things were dishes, Tieing my shoe, and bathing. I couldnot get my hand wet for 3mts. I was wrapped and in special slpint. I was on high dosages of pain meds for 4 weeks and need help with everything. Her hand will be wrapped like a pillow. I had to have someone stay with me for the first few weeks. She will need almost 24 hr care after she comes home. Can you find a few people to help you look after her?

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I lost my index finger on my left hand when I was about 17. The best thing you can do for her is to help her with her bandages. For some reason losing a finger kinda hits you in the head (mentally) as well. Trying to change you own bandages with one hand is hard enough with out reliving the accident over and over. Plus people are able to take alot more pain when it's not them putting themselves through it, like when changeing bandages. And then you can take a good look at the wound looking for infection blood flow ect.. Make sure she keeps it elevated for a week or so until the blood flow is restored.

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Amwitched, you won't believe this. Last week our neighbor's horses got out, we were out there at 2 in the morning helping them look for them, gave up, came home and went to bed. The next morning their grown daughter is at my door, their horses are still out and now with our stud (he jumped the fence)! I've got another neighbor that helped me get mine home. So in the meantime, where are the horses' owners? Wife took him to emergency! He got the mare, was fighting with her with the lead rope and it pulled his thumb off! He transfers the rope to the other hand and pulled the other thumb off! Emergency didn't have the facilities to handle his reattachment so they air lifted him to St Louis, Missouri (from Batesville, Ar). They couldn't reattach either thumb so from what I understand they took one of his thumb bones and sewed it into his leg to grow (something I don't understand it) to later attach that for a thumb? Anyway they aren't home yet and they don't want to see the horses on their property when they do come home! They never want to see them again! Horrible accident, just horrible.

OH my Gosh Shirley!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is just horrible.

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Stay away from styrofoam cups.

Actually, anyone can sign your name on your check as long as they have permission. Signatures do not have to match, and if it's for bills or such, it's not their responsibility to make sure signatures match.

Hope your neighbor has relatives who can help out some.

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scgirl:

Shortly after my accident, I went to my bank and they typed up a letter stating that due to an accident, my signature had changed and then I signed the letter with my "new" signature. I didn't know that it was ok to for someone else to sign your name on a check, although I did know it was ok for someone else to sign your name on a credit card.

I sent my 18-year-old son to the feed store with my debit card (at that store, there is no pin pad so you have to sign). I had the hardest time convincing him that I wasn't asking him to do anything illegal by him signing my name on the receipt. Those receipts don't even go to the bank!

It is really hard for me to sit down and make out checks and envelopes with my left hand because while I'm struggling with it, my right hand tenses up and then I have to deal with that discomfort.

I got a letter from my case manager at Labor and Industries stating she had gotten the information I had sent about my dependents but said she couldn't tell the birth year of one of them....was it '81, '87 or '89? (The answer is '89; if it had been '81, he wouldn't be considered a dependent!). I guess I need more left-handed practice!

Janis

My neighbor has been released from the hospital. She seems in good spirits and the meds are managing the pain pretty well. She has a friend staying with her making sure that she can manage. I don't know how long she will be able to stay home from work.

Her friend brought her home from the hospital about 10:30 pm and said that she almost started to cry when she saw all of the goodies that we (me and another one of her friends) left for her. She couldn't believe that we cared about her like that.

I called her bank for her - they said that she can come in and update her signature card with her left-handed signature or she can add someone else on her account. She has been practicing her new signature.

Shirley, I am so sorry to hear about your neighbor. I feel like the thumb is probably the most important finger on your hand. I hope he heals fast and that thumb bone procedure works for him!

I know that if you lose a thumb in an industrial accident, the settlement is way more than what you get for a finger, such as my "ring" finger. Since it appears I will lose only a portion of my thumb (probably to the first joint), my settlement will reflect a portion of the amount for the loss of the whole thumb (according to an attorney I talked to).

How many days was your friend in the hospital? Just curious because I was in for 8 days, 5 of which was in an extremely hot room (supposedly to help with blood flow and probably to help with the "leech therapy").

Janis

She was in for 3 days total. Her first day was in ICU and then 2 days in a regular room.

They had to do a total rebuild on one finger that was mangled beyond recognition and do nerve surgery on both. She has feeling in the tips of her two fingers but not in the middle and she has been able to move them already. She has a metal splint on her arm that covers her fingers completely. I guess they put that on just in case she bumps her hand as well as for support.

I was only in for 13 hrs. Thats all ins would allow 9 years ago. No icu. Bunked up with some screaming guy. I was ready to go home.
I remember my nurse yelling at him she tore her finger off with her washer and hasnt muttered a word. You only have inturnal brusing so shut up so she can sleep. She came over to me tucked me in and said "god he is such a baby".

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I still have nerve damage but not enough to hinder function of my finger just half the feeling. I am so glad she is home and doing well.

Im now wondering how the gental man with the two torn off thumbs is doing? I hope they can build him up a thumb. You annot function with out a thumb. He is in my prayers

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