Seam Ripper

I did get a handy dandy seam ripper from Santa this year, with a raving recommendation from my Mom.  It is quite handy at picking up tiny stitches and snipping all at the same time.  Quite handy.

Except, I did not need that today.

Nope, I needed the doctor today, to remove the 3 stitches that held my skin together allowing my cut to heal.   This would be the first time in my whole life that I ever had stitches removed.  It was not really pleasant, yet not too awful.  Mostly just uncomfortable.

Eric told me that I should have just used my own seam ripper. I told him no way, I wanted a sterile and knowledgeable environment.  I did not even watch the happenings while the doctor did it.

I still have to protect it, and be careful with my thumb.  I was told not to lift anything too heavy or wash dishes.  As I do not want it to open up again,  I concur, whole heartedly.  Yesterday I bumped my band-aided thumb on the faucet, and it really hurt.  Yesterday was the first day I did not bandage it with gauze.  It was still tender.  Hard pinching and pressing with it is still not yet pre-cut normalness.

At the end of my doctor's visit, I had to get a tetanus shot, which did hurt.  That is also slightly tender to the touch and a bit of muscle soreness. And I did not get a sucker or a sticker.