First thing yesterday morning I learned of the passing of my oldest cousin, Rod. He was only 46 years old, not much older than me. Certainly, too young to leave this earth. I will always remember the place he had in his heart for Tyler. He only met Ty twice, but always asked about him (and all the kids, but he knew Ty best). He and Tyler went on a turtle search once in Florida. They found rabbits instead, but Ty has talked many times about how much fun they had. RIP Rod.
Shortly after the news, Bo sends me a text to come to the urgent care center. He has cut his finger with a band saw (again!). The first time, a few years ago, it was a laceration that went straight to the bone and required stitches. This time, imagine taking a knife and running it down the side of your finger against the bone, from your middle knuckle to the finger tip, taking all the meat with it. For those with weak stomachs, I will spare you the graphic photographs.
Before I arrived at urgent care, he was advised to go to the emergency room because it was more than they could handle. But, does he listen?? NO! He came home instead. Hoping to get more information than Bo was indulging, I called the doctor that saw him at the urgent care center and was told that if the wound became infected that he could lose his finger because the cut was so close to the bone. They feared that simply cleaning it would expose his bone which would require an orthopedic surgeon to be present. After a lot of pleading and 2 hours later, he finally acquiesced. Once at the ER, they numbed his finger with two needles. I've never seen him in so much pain. It was hard to watch. Once he was completely numb, they cleaned the wound out and dressed it. X-rays were taken and the bone is fine, luckily. The prognosis is good. He will be missing a large chunk, but he will have full function of his finger.
As a reward for going to the ER (lol), we had pizza in bed. Of course, everyone had to give me their funny faces for the picture, but the funniest part of this photo to me is in the bottom left....Baylee wants pizza, too! She blends in with the quilt, so look hard...she is staring the pizza box down!
This morning was difficult. He had to change the dressing and as soon as the air hit the wound, he was literally falling to the floor in pain. The next few weeks will be hard on him while he heals, but I reminded him this morning that it could be worse! He could be missing his finger entirely.
Once at work this morning, he revisited the saw and found the other part of his finger. He sent me these pictures:
My prayer for today is for Rod and Bo. I pray that Rod knew Jesus Christ and is in Heaven with him now. I pray for miraculous healing of Bo's finger and minimal pain as he heals.
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