{"id":982,"date":"2002-04-25T19:21:08","date_gmt":"2002-04-26T02:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8stars.org\/aa\/2002\/04\/25\/so-i-was-making-a\/"},"modified":"2002-04-25T19:21:08","modified_gmt":"2002-04-26T02:21:08","slug":"so-i-was-making-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8stars.org\/a\/2002\/04\/25\/so-i-was-making-a\/","title":{"rendered":"So I was making a"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I was making a fire-baton a couple days ago, and because I&#8217;m a klutz, jammed a phillips-head screwdriver into the web between my index finger and thumb. <b>Ouch<\/b>. Yesterday I went to the ER at Brackenridge to get a tetanus shot. (Interesting aside&#8211;I called a general practitioner&#8217;s office to ask if I should have them look at it. The receptionist said I should get a tetanus shot, and since there was a shortage of those right now, they didn&#8217;t have any, but the ER would. So I went there.) I waited about two and a half hours to get a shot that some guy practically administered as he walked past me. I asked a few people about the tissue damage, and they all seemed really unconcerned. One of them told me &#8220;hands heal up really fast.&#8221; So far, I&#8217;d have to agree, much to my surprise. The day after, I could barely hold anything in my grasp. Two days after, and I&#8217;ve got most of the strength back in my thumb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I was making a fire-baton a couple days ago, and because I&#8217;m a klutz, jammed a phillips-head screwdriver into the web between my index finger and thumb. Ouch. Yesterday I went to the ER at Brackenridge to get a tetanus shot. 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