Just like Gary and I years ago, our daughter LeeAnn is teaching her children to work. Both Jesse and Kacie were able to earn money by helping us get ready for the two shows we have done this year. Gary had taught Jesse to make the mounts, but yesterday, Jesse had to learn the hard way that power tools are dangerous!
He is lucky he still has his finger. Fortunately Grandpa was a high school shop teacher and knew what to do to stop the bleeding until Lee got him to the emergency room. Being in "shock" also slowed the flow of blood, but when the packing was removed, the blood pulsed out and they were fortunate to be at the hospital where they could handle the emergency. The injury went right to the bone and the artery. After stitching it up and packing it well, he was able to attend the concert he had been looking forward to that evening, but by the time he was in bed that night, the pain medication had worn off and he had a very rough night! If Lee had known, we could have built a sling (from hook and loop tape of course) and hung it above the bed to hold it up to keep it from throbbing.
My first instincts were that this was not going to work and I was sure Jesse would never want to touch the mounts again, but he has a great attitude and his mom assures me that it will not keep him down. Now Grandpa gets to finish up this batch. He had to just turn out the lights and will return to clean up the bloody equipment in a day or two!
Thanks Jesse for your great efforts!
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