Not sure what I am in the mood to write about today. OK, enough wavering, I will tell you how Tiara slammed her thumb in the car door on Saturday morning after she let herself out of the front seat even though I kept telling her to wait for me as I put up the wheelchair. She has an obsession with closing every door, drawer, or cupboard so the moment she excited the car, she slammed the door and forgot to move her thumb. She was in such a state of shock she was dead silent. Sine silence is super weird in our family, I instantly sensed something was wrong and that is when I saw her finger. The second I opened the door she started crying really hard. I wasn’t sure if I should put her back in the car or go into the market and get ice. Since she was sitting in her wheelchair by this time,I decided to rush her into Ralph’s for ice.
By the way, it was super random for me to be shopping at Ralph’s. For some reason I hate that market and every time I go there I see about 20 people I know which makes getting through quickly that much more difficult.
As soon as we got in to the store I ran her over to the deli only to find absolutely no employees working except a woman packing fresh bread. I instantly started the cursing the market in my head, “see this is why I never come here”!
I quickly asked the woman for a cup of ice and explained the situation and she said “sorry , I can’t help you but I can call someone.” I said, OK, but please hurry. What I was actually thinking was “Wow how is it you can leave your bread to page someone but you can’t walk 2 more feet to the soda machine and get us a cup of ice?” You are getting the drift, everything always has to be difficult for TT and I. We finally got the ice and a diet coke and she finally calmed down but her thumb looked really bad.
I was worried because last time I slammed by finger in the door, I had to go to the emergency room so they could drill a hole into my nail to relieve the pressure because it was Sooo painful.
Sunday morning she woke up holding her hand against her chest and complaining, “ow, ow, finger, finger” I quickly did an internet search and found out that I could burn a hole into the nail with a bent paperclip to relieve the pressure. I know you are thinking I am crazy right about now, but I avoid hospitals and extra doctor visits for Tiara whenever possible because she usually picks up a virus every time we go, which can lead into something rather serious.
I told Lou about my plan and he just shook his head. “Do you really think that is a good idea, Tiffani?” “Totally, I can do this and then she will feel so much better.”
I finally found a paperclip and the pliers, which you need to hold the paperclip with over the flame/burner and I went to work. Lou held her hand and it worked perfectly except I was expecting blood to squirt out but it didn’t so I wasn’t totally sure it worked. She said it “was better,” but I wasn’t sure. That night I decided to make a second hole and until Tuesday I thought I was in the clear. Tuesday afternoon it started to take on a greenish tinge and I started to panic my paperclip method caused an infection. The paperclip was so hot the tip was red but you never know.
Now what? Text message one of my best friend’s husband, who is a physician and kindly does assessments on Tiara for me all the time when I am not sure whether I actually need to visit a doctor or not. I sent him this picture and told him what I had done on Sunday. I also told him “I knew I was crazy,” but what did he think? Thank goodness he responded immediately and said “I had done the right thing!” Yay, me! He thought the coloring was just the blood under the nail.
So happy and am praying my picture was good enough so he could actually tell for sure. Would hate for her to get this horrible infection and then explain to the doctor how I burned a hole in her nail myself. Ugh, they might think I am a wack job. See the red part on the thumb with the white rim at the base of the nail bed, that is the part I am skeptical about.
Happy Wednesday and today I am getting my hair changed again, so tomorrow you will see the new color! SO EXCITED, for the change.
Planning on going brown, but who knows what will happen when I get in the chair, I may change my mind.
xoxo tiffani
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Can’t wait to see the new hair color!!!