The cost of sleep deprivation April 11, 2006
Posted by spacemom in : I dream of sleep , 5 commentsAfter 4 years of not getting 8 hours of sleep every night, I have reached a new low.
For my birthday, we went out for dinner and some pool. I got a rich brownie dessert and did my usual, "serve me half and please box the other half". The ice cream that was boxed up melted while we were shooting pool. No problem, it refroze when we got home.
The next night, I decided to share with Dr. Jay. I cut the brownie in half. Then I tried to dig out the ice cream. Hmmm. too stiff from being melted and refrozen. Hey, there’s the butter knife that I used to cut the brownie! I know! I’ll just grab this styrofoam container of ice cream and CUT it! Yeah! Wow, this is tough, use more pressure….SON OF A B*TCH! The BUTTER knife went through the ice cream, through the container, through my finger.
It didn’t bleed too much, but since it is not healing well, I see a doctor today to see if I need to stitch it.
If I had sleep I might have, oh, thrown it in the microwave, or put it on the cutting board… Sigh…
I need more sleep!
Quick update….The NP told me that I would have gotten 2-3 stitches if I came in within 24 hours. I got a tetnus booster and sent on my way with a reminder that kids grow up fast and the first few years are tough.. She has 3 kids, two in college and the third is 16. Nice to have a talk like that. She understood the sleep issues…
Note for all. If you think you might need stitches, don’t wait longer than 24 hours. Apparently it will mess the healing process if you wait too long….
