June 29, 2007

Broken Hand + Surgery

So on April 28 I was playing soccer on the beach at about noon with my roommate and a dog named Bo Jangles that was really interested in our ball. I fell over backwards at one point, and my left hand drove straight into the ground. I heard a loud "pop". I tried to make a fist, but my middle finger was bending completely crooked! It was like out of a movie. For about 30 minutes, I thought I just had dislocated a finger, but then it started hurting... bad. It turns out I broke my 3rd metacarpal, and it was rotated at the break, with an additional hairline fracture. To ensure my finger would bend straight again, I had to have surgery which included a titanium plate and 8 screws. You can see the post-surgery photos of my hand to the left. What a weird accident.

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