The wife just stabbed herself...UPDATE
We have some Cold Steel Knives in stock and the wife was checking one of them out this morning. This one is called a Roach Belly and I had told her that it would make a good skinning knife. I found out today that she did not believe me until she stabbed herself with it. She accidently dropped the knife and made the mistake of trying to catch it against her body. The knife sliced through her jeans and went exactly 2" into her stomach. From the looks of the wound channel, it appears as if the blade sliced shallow and went under the skin at an angle...it does not look like it went very deep, but it is clear from the blood and smudge mark on the blade that it did go in a full 2". I took her over to see a paramedic in town and he advised that she be seen at the emergency room...he did not think the blade went straight in either and said that it's probably nothing to worry about...but she should be checked out anyway. She's at the emergency room now. I think she knows better than to try to catch a knife now. These Cold Steel Knives are RAZOR sharp...
UPDATE: She's fine. The knife went in as we expected. It sliced in at a flat angle and did not penetrate deeply into the abdominal cavity. The doc almost stitched it and finally decided against it...should heal up fine. If that had gone straight in instead of at a flat angle, we'd be looking at a life threatening situation.
If find it ironic that the knife is called a Roach Belly.
UPDATE: She's fine. The knife went in as we expected. It sliced in at a flat angle and did not penetrate deeply into the abdominal cavity. The doc almost stitched it and finally decided against it...should heal up fine. If that had gone straight in instead of at a flat angle, we'd be looking at a life threatening situation.
If find it ironic that the knife is called a Roach Belly.
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Good to hear that all is well and she is going to be okay....But I have to ask...
Yea I know you are saying, oh cripes here she goes, so get ready for it ECC...
quote:She's at the emergency room now.
Why didnt you go with her?..0 -
glad she's ok, i love my cold steel knives, they keep an edge better than any knife i ever seen, which also takes a bit more to sharpen them{when they do need it} 0 -
quote:Originally posted by BlackRoses
Good to hear that all is well and she is going to be okay....But I have to ask...
Yea I know you are saying, oh cripes here she goes, so get ready for it ECC...
quote:She's at the emergency room now.
Why didnt you go with her?..
Hey Beth...from looking at the wound channel, it appeared as if it was not a serious injury...there was just no way to really know for sure without having it checked out. I offered to take her, but we would have had to close the shop, find somewhere to drop of my daughter, and reschedule some things. She said she'd just drive herself in. If the wound had been any place other than her torso, we would have never sought medical treatment at all. I've cut myself worse and taken care of it myself before. Our only real concern was that she may have possibly nicked her intestines or an organ.
...fair question...hope the answer was sufficient.[^]0 -
Sounds like a close call, glad to hear she's going to be ok. 0 -
Didnt know you had kids...thought it was just you and her.... 0 -
Glad she's ok. I hope you wiped the knife off quick though. Blood oxidizes steel quick. 0
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