[Jena]

yesterday i actually went out and did some work. i had to move all the chicken pens to a new area for the new batch of birds. i pull them with the atv and i was able to do it. it felt so good to do something constructive.

when i got home i thought i should make sure my wounds were good and clean so i was going to wash a few dishes. i hit the side of the sink and broke the nail off my poor index finger.

all i can say is....ye-oww! ok, i said a few more things, but i can't write them here.

doc told me that the nail was just stitched over the wound to protect the nail bed and it's not a big deal as far as my prognosis goes, just now my nail bed is exposed at it will " hurt like heck" (his words). it sure does. i have to go let him see it monday. he said not to stick the nail back on because of risk of infection.

couldn't get to sleep until 5am so now it's 2pm and i just woke up. back to continuous dope.

be very, very, very careful. i'm telling you....this accident is the biggest pain and inconvenience! it's not worth taking short-cuts!!!

jena

 

[Jena]

I apologize,ike I said being cranky this week. I did not catch the earlier post. I have delt with comuter problems the last 3 days and when I was finally able to get online this was the first place I came. Jenna, hope you heal fast.

that's ok. i was trying to be funny with my title...trust mr, i have no long nails!

i will cut out the whining though. i'm gonna go try and feed the chickens now...

jena

 

[Jena]

Only sympathy here ... our 7//y/o DD is recovering from getting her finger crushed/broken while riding on skid loader. (Followed by surgery to insert pins and stitch it all up, and massive doses of antibiotics and pain meds.) Fortunately for her, it was her pinkie. If it had been one of the more-often used fingers she would have been in a lot worse shape.

I am amazed at how much impact a "minor" injury had!

We also took note that Jena got hurt with a feed-bunk conveyer (is that right?) which was a cautionary note to the rest of the family. Last week one of our neighbors got his shirt caught in the silo unloader (auger that runs around on a track inside the silo) and got ripped up pretty bad. He feels lucky to be alive.

The thing to do when we hear about an incident like Jena's or DD's is to learn from it. We have to learn from the mistakes of others, we won't live long enough to make them all ourselves!

Best regards,
Ann

Ann,

I am so glad to hear your neighbor is alive. Those unloaders are sure nasty! I get the heebie jeebies looking at the thing, even when it's not running! Lucky guy.

Yeah, mine was a feed conveyor.

I hope your daughter is feeling better. Let her know I KNOW how it feels!!!!

Jena

 

[Jena]

awww.....poor thing. did you call an ambulance or a pity party?

if you want to be ajerk at least have the guts to use your name!

chicken!

jena