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This is my first attempt in the blogosphere and realize I might be talking to myself for a little while but am excited to have the opportunity to practice at first as I blog away.
My poor dude, Jon, had a horribly scary accident yesterday. He was on our shed tearing off old roofing and framing and one of the 2 x 4 lumber pieces with an old rusty nail came back at him and stabbed him in the arm. Unfortunately, the lumber was still attached to roof so with every little movement from the weight of the wood it dug in that much deeper! It was horrible.
Not only did he have a nail in his arm - he was stuck on top of the roof. I got 911 on the phone, and Jon was instructing me to get bolt cutters out of the tool shed and chop the nail from the 2x 4 so he could at least climb off the roof even though the nail would still be stuck in his arm. Of course, the 911 operator hears that tells me no matter what - Don't do that! I had my husband telling me in one ear to do one thing, and the operator telling me not to!
Needless to say, I got the bolt cutters. I was worried the pain would make him fall off the roof or something worse so I somehow climbed up the ladder and used the bolt cutters to free him from the 2 x 4. Yikes!!!! So scary! Even though the nail was still in his arm, it was like instant relief because the weight of the lumber wasn't pulling on his arm. I was able to get him off the roof and the medics came and were pretty impressed, I must say.
Jon was in pretty good spirits compared to when the lumber was pulling on his arm so he was joking about everything, like usual.
The medics actually asked to take a pic on their phones because it looked so gnarly. I think that made Jon feel a little better. Of course, Jon had me take one too! They could not remove the nail either so we had to go to the emergency room, and they could not pull it out either so they had to cut it out. He wanted to save the nail of course!
Now the numbing agents have worn off so it is pretty painful, but I am so thankful that we were able to take care of it, and I am so thankful to the medics for their quick response. Needless to say, it added some excitement that we didn't need for our Saturday night!
My poor dude, Jon, had a horribly scary accident yesterday. He was on our shed tearing off old roofing and framing and one of the 2 x 4 lumber pieces with an old rusty nail came back at him and stabbed him in the arm. Unfortunately, the lumber was still attached to roof so with every little movement from the weight of the wood it dug in that much deeper! It was horrible.
Not only did he have a nail in his arm - he was stuck on top of the roof. I got 911 on the phone, and Jon was instructing me to get bolt cutters out of the tool shed and chop the nail from the 2x 4 so he could at least climb off the roof even though the nail would still be stuck in his arm. Of course, the 911 operator hears that tells me no matter what - Don't do that! I had my husband telling me in one ear to do one thing, and the operator telling me not to!
Needless to say, I got the bolt cutters. I was worried the pain would make him fall off the roof or something worse so I somehow climbed up the ladder and used the bolt cutters to free him from the 2 x 4. Yikes!!!! So scary! Even though the nail was still in his arm, it was like instant relief because the weight of the lumber wasn't pulling on his arm. I was able to get him off the roof and the medics came and were pretty impressed, I must say.
Jon was in pretty good spirits compared to when the lumber was pulling on his arm so he was joking about everything, like usual. The medics actually asked to take a pic on their phones because it looked so gnarly. I think that made Jon feel a little better. Of course, Jon had me take one too! They could not remove the nail either so we had to go to the emergency room, and they could not pull it out either so they had to cut it out. He wanted to save the nail of course!
Now the numbing agents have worn off so it is pretty painful, but I am so thankful that we were able to take care of it, and I am so thankful to the medics for their quick response. Needless to say, it added some excitement that we didn't need for our Saturday night!
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