Happy all went well. Looking forward to seeing how it looks after surgery.

I now it is protocol to indicate where the surgery is going to take place, but the arrow to your damaged digit is a little bit of overkill. I don't think they could make a mistake on which one needed repair.
Glad the surgery went well and pray that the grafts take hold quickly.

At the time, I did wonder how they might possibly work on the wrong finger. Nice doctor and great nurses. I was very impressed with Baylor Scott and White in Waco, and have been impressed at other times in the past.

Since I’m not missing skin or meat from any other body area, I guess it wasn’t a graft. Just stitched it all together I guess. The bandage stays on till Oct 9th, and the Doc said do not remove it, cause it’s really ugly looking. Ya think it’ll be less ugly by early October? Well, if you guys like, I’ll post a pic of the finger when the wrap comes off.

I don’t care if the final result is indeed ugly. I just want to get it back into action. The list of stuff to do is starting to grow, and I have to finish the baby cradle before the great grandchild is born.

good luck. any rehab exercises?

I suppose there will be rehab, but not before they unwrap the finger and see where we are healing wise.

Ugly is in the eye of the beholder. I think it will just look like a finger. All will be well.

Hopefully you get full use back.

Had the grand opening (unwrapping) this afternoon. Looks awful, but the doc says it’s good and pink, so I’ll get to keep the whole finger. Honestly, I didn’t know that was in question. Here’s the picture, with the black being stitches, and a heck of a lot of them. I have the Ok to get back to work, but have to wear a short rubber sleeve to keep dirt out. Think of it as a 2” condom. I’ll let you guys decide who on the forum could wear it for sporting purposes.

Looks like it needs a few more stitches.

He said it’d scab over, so wash it and air dry it. I have done so. Blood leakage has about quit. I asked the nurse if she knew how many stitches there were. She said “a whole bunch”. Looks kinda like 3rd grade kids had some booze and stitched wildly.

I like the Arrow on the finger so they know it's the right one on the left hand.

RE: Finger covers (Finger Cots) —

Where I worked we had some clean areas where workers had to wear finger cots (condoms for fingers). One guy I knew took one home, and when he and his wife were in their 8-year-old's room he furtively tossed it onto the kid's chest of drawers. When his wife noticed it she was "Wait, what?"

603, wishing you the best!

Thanks, and thanks for the laugh.

Good Lord that's a lot of stitches. That's going to be one, big scab. Good to hear you'll be able to keep the finger. We need all the digits we can get!

Sort of looks like they just stuck your finger into grandam's Singer sewing machine and ran it for a while. Hope it heals up fast

Dadgummit man

Good Luck 603

Just in time for Halloween.

This is the Halloween finger status. Less scab. The doc told me it was looking good, which I suppose means it’s healing nicely, cause looking good ain’t the situation. I’m back to working. My back is complaining, but the finger hasn’t complained.