A Stuck On The Finger Problem

This morning Adonis got the stitches out of his leg.  It is still bandaged and he was proud of the new bandage.  Karen took some of the kids to visitation and I took some.  After visitation Ashley brought her group here.  They played with the kids and had brought hot dogs to fix for the kids' supper. 

My group had not been home from visitation long when I heard Marc calling Karen.  And then Pamela showed up with a large jar of vaseline.  I rushed over to see what was happening.  Jose had found a ring, but not really a ring to wear, more like some kind of hardware.  He put it on his finger.  The bottom was smooth and the top was not.  When he tried to remove the ring, the sharp part went into his knuckle.  And he did not like that.  Not that the ring was going any where anyway.  Thus the need for vaseline.  He was greased up pretty good and that ring still would not budge.  Then someone tried soap and water.  And I saw Marc with a can of WD-40.  Marc said he thought he could cut it off.

At first, Jose thought it was funny.  And then it got less funny.  Then he had a panicked look on his face.  Then tears.  When Marc began trying to cut it off, the pressure of the tool scared him and there was some bloody murder screams.

Marc and Karen decided to take him to the hospital.  The rule is only one person can be back there with the patient.  And that was Karen.  She was trying to to hold him down while the doctor tried to cut the ring off.  Soon, it was agreed that two people needed to be back there.  After several unsuccessful attempts while Marc and Karen held Jose down, Marc and the doctor traded places.  Marc gradually began to peel the ring back from the finger.  The doctor then took some tongs, and with Jose screaming all the while, pulled and pulled until he got the ring off. 

The doctor and a nurse both worked on the ring for over an hour an it cost $5.00.  And Jose missed out on the hotdogs.

Never, ever a dull moment here.

Terri