I should have gotten antibiotics

This is what the cut looked like on Sunday – 24 hours after injury. It was a bit red with a bit of swelling but I thought it was related to having a tight bandage on all day.

Above is midday yesterday before starting the antibiotics and below is this morning after 2 doses of antibiotic. I had to see my doctor to get them and she reminded me I need to take cuts on my hand seriously because they can quickly become problematic.

What did I learn from this experience – dull knives can cut particularly with a lot of force behind it. Don’t do stupid things at the end of a long work day. Don’t superglue a wound that has not been thoroughly cleaned. Get antibiotics for hand wounds especially when cut is from a dirty knife on a dirty hand. Use a better tool to cut the blue board.

Sunday one of the other Supervisors on Site lended me his Fat Max utility knife which worked much better because the blade extends much farther to do a deeper cut in the blue board.

My very own Fat Max will be delivered today.