[AZ-Observing] Re: friends and observing accidents
- From: "AJ Crayon" <acrayon@xxxxxxx>
- To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 13:57:34 -0700
Steve, what a revolting development this has been. First all the wind
damage at the Messie Marathon, now your middle finger. Guess if you had to
pick a finger you would most certainly pick to most prominent one :)) But
please, no more references to toilet training.
Really, hope you get better and soooner the better.
AJ Crayon
Phoenix, AZ
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From: "Steve Coe" <stevecoe@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 11:17 PM
Subject: [AZ-Observing] friends and observing accidents
Howdy all;
Well it would seem that Jimmy Ray and I are both finding out about
friends
and telescopes this weekend.
At midnight on Friday I slammed my right hand in the door of my car
while at
Hovatter Road. I started bleeding far more than a stuck pig (however
much
that is) and warned the three folks across the field that I had a
medical
emergency and was going to turn on white light; I saw a very bloody
middle
finger.
Lynn Blackburn, Paul Lind and Al Steiwig came over immediately, put on a
band aid and helped pack up the scope and I got on the road home. My
wife
took me to the emergency room and I got cleaned, bandaged and received a
prescription for an antibiotic and a tetanus shot. The doctor said that
I
should have the pad at the end of my finger grow back with no trouble.
In the mean time, I have a huge bandage on my middle finger of my right
hand
and appear to "flipping off" the world. I promise I am not, just happy
to
have a good result of a bad situation.
You do not realize how right handed you are until it is disabled.
Typing
this message is a bizarre mix of left hand working in the usual manner
and
right hand finger poking. Going to the toilet is a true adventure. It
takes five minutes to brush my teeth.
Sometimes in this life a person is left with only a "Thank You" when
they
mean so much more. Right now all I can say to Lynn, Paul and Al is a
sincere "Thank You" and know that I appreciate what you did for me when
I
needed real help. I hope that I can return the favor some day. I have
spoken of my astronomical friends as my best friends and now I know that
to
be even more true.
I also got a nice phone call from Joe Goss to check up on my progress.
Here's hoping that the Saturday night that I missed was a great evening
of
observing.
Clear skies;
Steve Coe
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