Well, I wasn't really playing with the hatchet. I was making kindling for the hot tub fire, about a month ago, on a Saturday night while Jonathan was at work. I was doing really good for about 30 minutes and then something??? distracted me, I got smoke in my eyes, or I was just getting tired. Whatever it was I ended up chopped off part of my left thumb!
As you can see it was a very clean cut. I managed to miss the bone and my nail bed. It is also on the outside edge of my left hand (I'm right handed) so the emergency room doc didn't think surgery was needed....it will mostly just be a cosmetic scar. I did manage to find the missing piece and bring it with me to the emergency room, but it was so small (it didn't seem small at the time) that they didn't think it would survive reattachment. 
As you can see, after a month, it has already started to fill in and "plump out." I have been cleaning it daily and putting neosporin on it. So far no signs of infection etc. It is just a very slow process of growing skin and scar tissue. They say most of it will grow back and I might have to trim my thumbnail a little slanted. Thanks for bearing with the photos. A little gruesome I know, but I thought it would be a good idea to document some of the healing and see how it actually turns out. For now Coban (a.k.a. Vet Wrap) bandages are my friend.
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