Another Day, Another Hurst In The Hospital...

This time it was Jeremy. While at work moving items with a crane, a piece of angle iron (around 300 pounds) dropped onto his left hand. His index finger took the brunt of everything. He was taken to a clinic which works with his company on Workers Comp. They took one look at it and sent him to St. Marks around 10 AM.

I arrived about ten minutes behind him. When I got there he was rocking back in forth in pain. We were taken back to the ER, and they examined the finger.







It took forever for them to order pain medication for him. They numbed it with lydacane first. When that didn't help, they ordered the morphine. The x-rays came back, and showed his finger to be broken in half. Surgery was necessary. They put his finger in a metal brace while we waited for the orthopedic surgeon to arrive.

He was sent to a room, and was taken into surgery around 3:30 PM.


He was out of surgery around 5 or so. He was brought back to his room around 6. The doctor came and told me Jeremy cannot return to work until after his check-up next Thursday. He had pins placed into his finger, and placed a plate.



The finished product:


We are so thankful he didn't lose his finger. This accident could have been a lot worse.