Zenrat's Flying Circus

[zenrat]

Well I succeeded in getting her to have a sick day but now she's making noises about going to work tomorrow.
I have suggested she goes and sits in her car and practices changing gear to see how much it hurts.
The gash was about 3 inches long.

[Rheged]

Family Rheged send their best wishes for a speedy recovery to Madame Z.  I've had to deal with a similar injury to a work colleague some years ago.......please persuade your good lady that she will hinder the healing process if she uses the hand too much, too soon.   Gear changing is in my view far too much.   Try to convince her that she needs waited on hand and foot for a few days, as this will help things heal faster..............and then you can bask in the righteous glow of a chap who has "done the right thing".      Seriously, look after her for a few days now, and so later  you won't have to spend a few weeks looking after her when things go wrong!!

(Ah, the joys of having been the office First Aider!!)

[scooter]

A couple of days to knit and let the stitches do their job.  About 12 years ago, I sliced open my finger after picking up a carpet knife the wrong way at one former employer.  After calmly bandaging it, while the pool staff were freaking out over it, I went to the local ED, and had three stitches sewn in.  Thankfully, it had happened over the weekend so I *did* have time to let it heal before the work week kicked off again.  Down time is definitely a requirement for injuries such as this.

[zenrat]

Thanks guys.
My first aid training kicked in despite it being 3 years since I last did a refresher.  I guess you don't forget.  Couldn't find the sterile dressings in the first aid kit at the time but when redressing the wound today (she just had to have a look) they were there staring me in the face.  A touch of panic I guess which is unusual as i like to think i'm pretty level headed in a crisis.
She's pretty definite she's going to work tomorrow (once she's made her mind up i've never been able to change it) but i've made her promise to at least only use the gearshift with her fingertips and not palm it in the usual way.

[Gondor]

Could you drive her to work or get a colleague from her work to pick her up/bring her back?

Gondor

[NARSES2]

Stitches in the palm ? That sounds as though it will take an age to heal without breaking them. Very tender. Please pass on my best wishes

[Librarian]

Please send my best wishes. Major ouch. I've avoided stitches for years by just using superglue. Not sure if I'd risk it on a cut like that .

[Captain Canada]

Wow that's crazy how quickly things can happen ! Glad to hear she's stitched up and healing.

[zenrat]

Thanks for all the best wishes.
Mrs Stubborn Britches has just got home having survived the drives to and from work without busting any stitches.  The laceration is not in the middle of the palm but sort of wraps round the edge of the fat padded part that you would use to thump a desk.  She changed gear with her fingertips but did feel the need to take the dressing off to show everyone in the office the stitches.
Sometimes it's like being married to an 8 year old...

Anyway, painting day today.
I painted the fresh bare plasterboard in our newly enlarged 8m x 5m kitchen/family room (now known as "The Big Room").  I then painted some colour onto the now mostly Light Gull Grey FW 189 tilt fan and glued the mudguards onto the Morris Truck.

[DogfighterZen]

Ouch, 8 stiches... That was a big one. Hope she's doing better and that she changed her mind about going to work so soon.
Edit: ops, guess we were writing at the same time... I guess women are naturally stuborn... 

[Captain Canada]

but did feel the need to take the dressing off to show everyone in the office the stitches.

And whom here wouldn't have done the same ? Every kid knows that's the best part of an injury....showing it off ! lol

[Mossie]

Reminds me of a Dragon Rapide in that scheme.  Hmm, idea, monoplane Rapide, hmmmmmm.......

I hope Mrs Z is healing up okay

I'd never seen the inside of a hand before.  There's all this weird frilly stuff that tried to come out of the gash.

Almost certainly the fatty layer, we all have a pad of it on our palm to help cushion it a bit.  You can tell when you press your palm, it feels a bit fleshly compared to the back of your hand where you can feel the structures under the skin.

[zenrat]

That's what the doctor said.  Probably better to cut there than the back where all those tendons are close to the surface...
I told the receptionist at my chiropractors and she said "oh yes, it looks odd doesn't it.  I saw the inside of my son's hand when someone trod on it during a gridiron game and it burst..."

Funny you should mention Dragon Rapides Mossie, I have a Tasman Models upgraded Heller 1/72 example in my stash which could get a similar paint job.

[zenrat]

Bit more painting today - models not house.

Babs got a second coat of light sea grey.  It now looks like an unpainted current Airfix kit.
My plan is camo over the grey but I quite like the way it looks as it is so may dump that idea.
Needs to be pondered and the decal stash consulted.


I also shot a couple of coats of silver car touch up paint (from a rattle can) onto the Dagger after rescribing some of the lost panel lines.
She looks better in the photo than IRL.  The plan is to foil the wings and tail and then add some colour.

[Mossie]

Shiny, shades on!