Oy Vey...

[rain_gryphon]

In a rather stunning display of incompetence, I shut my left paw in the car door. Nothing is broken so far as I can tell, and I'm typing okay, if a little gingerly, but there's definitely some type of minor damage, as the fingers are sore and red, and feel hot at certain points. The bone may be chipped.

Interestingly (to me, at least), as I shut the door, I realized that my paw was in the way before it closed, but had insufficient time to yank it completely out. This is the period that I long ago dubbed the "Ohnopause", that period after inadvertently taking an irrevocable action that you've just realized will hurt, and the pain. IMHO, it's a good word, and should be more widely used.

Also interesting to me was that my immediate reaction was 'my paw!'. Under serious stress, I thought of the member as 'paw' rather than 'hand', which is obscurely pleasing to me.

Comments

[moonhare]

“Ohnopause” or “oh, no, my paw!” by any other name remains the same! I hope it’s just some bruising and nothing more serious.

[rain_gryphon]

Much better today, thanks! There's definitely some deep bruising (I think from the flesh being compressed against the bone), but I think that's the extent of the damage. I've a full range of movement, and a tingling sensation that becomes pain only if I repeatedly stress it.

[thewayne]

Ow! I hope it isn't too badly damaged!

[rain_gryphon]

Much better today, thanks! There's definitely some deep bruising (I think from the flesh being compressed against the bone), but I think that's the extent of the damage. I've a full range of movement, and a tingling sensation that becomes pain only if I repeatedly stress it.

[thewayne]

I'm glad to hear you have full range of movement!  Yeah, that does sound more like deep bruising, hopefully it just needs time to heal.  Best of luck with it!  Seems to take a lot longer as we approach Old Geezer territory.... ;-)