Yesterday was Brandon's 1 year anniversary from when he tried to cut off his thumb with a skilsaw. The picture I posted is a little graphic so I apologize if you get grossed out easily I just wanted to show how bad it really was. He was at work when it happened while standing at the top of a ladder it is a miracle that he did not cut anything else off. When it happened we spent the weekend in the hospital after he went through a 4 hour surgery to reconstruct the tendon, blood vessels and the meat around it all. After the accident he could not work for 2 months because it could not get dirty and he was on some major pain killers ;)
This is the x-ray of his accident. You can see the big gap in the bone between the two joints. I guess if you can say he did a good job at least he missed both joints so the doc did not have fuse his joints together along with reconstructing everything else.
Now a year later he has about 85% mobility in it and he says it only hurts him when its cold and after a long day at work.All in all he has been blessed becuase he got to keep his thumb and he still has so much mobility in it.
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I'm just curious what he would rather do...cut off his thumb or have his lung collapse? Seems the thumb is a better option if you want to get out of work! We're glad he still has the thumb to hold such an adorable baby!
I can't believe that was a year ago. Time flies...
Blah...way gross! But I'm glad he can still use it :D
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So I didn't see them at the race, but it would have been funny if I had. It was a blast, and yeah Jessica came home for a month to get her gall bladder out. So we hung out with her for a day that weekend, and she just barely went back to MTC on monday. So she is off again.
Holy cow! That's so dang scary:(
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