So there I was rewatching the first season of 3% on netflix and trying to decide if I wanted to go on watching the new seasons when my phone rings.
No one ever calls me. Who calls people anymore? But it was the kid, so I answered. He had cut his finger, really badly, what should he do?
"Send me a picture of it," I said, but this proved impossible, since he and the boyfriend were both deeply upset. "It might need stitches," I said.
"It definitely needs stitches," said the boyfriend.
"You're going to have to go to the ER," I said.
"That's going to cost so much money!"
"I know, but you need stitches. Go to the ER."
"It's going to take so long! This is going to ruin our evening! I was going to cook a nice dinner!"
"Go to the ER."
Luckily the boyfriend is the one who can drive, so he drove the kid to the ER, where it ended up only taking a little over an hour. He got five stitches, and reports that the wound is "so disgusting." Also, the ER people said he had to come back to get the stitches taken out, but I told him this was nonsense, I could take them out, or my SIL the med tech can take them out.
"Will I have to miss work?" he asked. "Will I be able to draw?"
I am happy to report that the answers to these are no and yes respectively.
I tried to get him to send a picture, so I could post it here, but he refuses. It is too gross, apparently.
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For future reference, it is MUCH cheaper to go to one of those "immediate care centers" to have stitches put in. Do they do as good a job? I don't know, and for someone who needs their fingers to work perfectly (as an artist),maybe the ER route was the best choice. But for any body part that's less crucial, I would always go the cheaper route.
It is! But it was nine o'clock at night, and all the walk-in clinics in the area were closed.
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