Dudleys Diary

thats not true, usually things are pretty boring around here. Last night was different to say the least. Dudleys daughter volunteered last night along with Dudleys wife to work at the Varsity Girls Soccer Team game in the concession stand. Dudleys daughter stayed after soccer practice (she is on the Junior Varsity Team) and was there to open up the stand with her best friends mother. Dudleys wife had not gotten there yet and Dudleys daugher was working to get ready to serve drinks and hot dogs and hamburgers and pop corn and nachos to the hungry fans. She was opening a one gallon can of nacho cheese sauce with a can opener by hand. You know the kind you turn the crank as it circles around cutting the top from the can. She had cut all the way around and lifted the top up and pushed it back. It was still attatched to the can by a small strip of metal. She got a container of some kind and was dipping it into the can and somehow in the process, she badly cut the top of her index finger where it joins to the hand. It was a deep cut and about one half inch in length. The athletic trainer was summoned with the first aid kit. He took Dudleys daughter aside and began to treat the wound. He cleaned it and stopped the blood flow. He and Dudleys daughter were both excited to see that the cut was deep and her tendon was clearly visible. Dudley would have fainted on the spot, good thing he was not there. He bandaged the wound and told Dudleys wife that if she did not want her to have a scar she might want to consider taking her to the ER for stitches. They stayed for the entire game, the Lady Cougars won and then they came home. Dudley did not learn of the incident until receiving a text message from Dudleys daughter after they got in the car. When they came home Dudleys wife and daughter were trying to decide if she should go to the ER. Dudley listened and then said I will make it easy and decide, she does need to go get it checked out. They both agreed it would probably be a good idea and they took off to the ER at the local children's hospital. Dudleys wife is not employed by the hospital, she works for the State of Texas but her office is in the hospital. She did not wear her name tag but she made sure they knew who she was at the triage desk. They got in and out of there in about two hours which is pretty fast. It is a good thing I told them to go as the doctor who looked at it said the cut was so deep it would never have healed on its own without stitches. The doctor said the tendon was just nicked but would be fine. Apparently doctors don't do the sewing any more. That duty was given to a paramedic that did the dirty work. Dudleys wife said she did not even flinch when they gave her the shot of Novacaine. She is tough like that unlike her father, Dudley is a big wimp when it comes to needles and such.