Take care of it Wayne and keep it clean. I speak from experience.... When I was 22 or so we were lifting a screener with an excavator. I was chaining it up, somehow it slipped as dad lifted it and my right index and middle finger (dominant) were "de-gloved" from the distal (end) knuckle to the tip including the nails of course, but all kind of hanging inside out.
Nasty looking and a bloody mess, but I kept it intact, wrapped and on ice got to ER fast. The Dr. cleaned it up, pulled the skin back in place, reinserted one of the nails. The other he used a piece of surgical tubing to make a temporary nail until the new one grew through the hole.
I cleaned it twice a day and kept it covered and clean real well for a couple months, hard to do being a farmer... Anyway I ended up with two full fingers and nails, although they are different than before and it took a couple years to get the feeing back completely. The hardest part was trying to figure out how to do the everyday things that your hand always is programed to do.
I'm 44 now without any other major damage, just lucky I guess. It sure happens pretty quick. I'm sure you will heal up fine. This may give you time to post more helpful stuff for all of us. I always like reading your posts.
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