This will be a very short entry.  Last night my new blender malfunctioned and sliced open my hand.  It started up without the power button being pushed.  Then there was blood everywhere (which the dogs lapped up very happily---little carnivores that they are).  It didn't really hurt at first, but I panicked from the blood spurts coming from my left hand.  Then I called Ronald to come get me, and called Christine to calm me down.  She did a good job, and calmed me down enough that I got it wrapped tight enough to stop the bleeding.  (I bleed easily due to aspirin therapy and Plavix.)

The wound doesn't look like much.  It is only just over an inch long.  But it is over half an inch deep, and I could see my bones through the flesh.  As the first panic wore off, I was even curious enough to look inside quickly and see fat globules under the layers of skin.  I had to do it quickly, because the damn thing bled like crazy if I took the pressure off at all.

Now it is sutured up (though it still bleeds--doc said to keep it wrapped tight).  This is what it looks like when kitchen appliances go bad:

The bandage is off for a couple of minutes because I picked a puppy up and she pissed on it....

The doctor had sort of a hard time suturing it because though it was like a razor had done it, it was curved.  I also ended up with a tetanus booster and a shot of antibiotics (after all, the blades were covered in tunafish and mayo...)