Quick warning to everyone out there, be careful when processing your deer. I cut my finger pretty bad about a month ago disarticulating the hock of a deer. The cut was about 3/4 - 1 inch long and I felt the blade bounce off the bone . Did not break the bone but severed a few nerves and part of the extensor tendon. Er Doctor put in 4 stitches (really needed about 7). It was a small cut that caused a lot of damage to my finger. Been in a splint for almost 5 weeks with another week or two to go. The finger works - painfully- but will only go about half way into a fist then stops. The ER doctor who stitched me up apparently caught the tendon and it is now healing in the wrong location. Hand surgeon said we may not have to surgically fix it but it will take 2 months of painful rehab to get my finger working fully again. If that does not work he will have to go in and reattach the tendon to the right place.
For the record this is the first time in 16 years of processing deer that I have needed to be stitched up. The worst part is that I did not even shoot the deer, I was quartering the deer for a friend.
Good luck to everyone out there this season, stay safe!
For the record this is the first time in 16 years of processing deer that I have needed to be stitched up. The worst part is that I did not even shoot the deer, I was quartering the deer for a friend.
Good luck to everyone out there this season, stay safe!
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