dieselsmoke1
Platinum Member
Yep. Copperhead bit me on the thumb when I was 12 yrs old, ran over his tail with my "bananna bike" (bet you have not heard that one in a while), thunb down on the handlebar was the target. Pedalled as fast as I could the mile back to the house (circulating the venom real good)
Stayed in the hospital for 2 days while the Docs debated whacking off the arm, which was swelled up black and blue and kept submerged in ice water.
Guess they saw some sign of improvement, gave me a stay of amputation.
Arm fully recovered, but thumbnail fell off and did not come back. Not a big thing, skin toughened up, didn't even miss it.
Fast forward 20 yrs, an ugly little splinter emerges from where a nail should be. Add 20 more years, I've got "most" of a thumbnail again.
Stayed in the hospital for 2 days while the Docs debated whacking off the arm, which was swelled up black and blue and kept submerged in ice water.
Guess they saw some sign of improvement, gave me a stay of amputation.
Arm fully recovered, but thumbnail fell off and did not come back. Not a big thing, skin toughened up, didn't even miss it.
Fast forward 20 yrs, an ugly little splinter emerges from where a nail should be. Add 20 more years, I've got "most" of a thumbnail again.
