Fencin' Injury

SUSAN:
Well, it's been nearly a year since the last major injury (DOG ATTACK, 5/24/10) was posted on our blog. I'm still unsure what the Dog Attack had to do with our chicken raising; but, apparently this is the place to post photos of Nigel's most recent injuries. He does claim that the most recent was a relevant injury, because he is installing a fence for the chooks. I'll buy that ...

So, Sunday morning around 10:30 am Nigel is hard at work installing the metal star poles for the fencing on the lower part of our yard. The dream is to have a full acre for our chooks to roam! In waving at one of our neighbors (who, no doubt was going to church on Sunday and not doing chores), Nigel got himself misaligned, and instead of using the large metal "fence hammer" on the star post, he used it on his HEAD! Luckily he was able to walk up to the house, and yell for me. Blood was everywhere! Because I have never taken the first aid course that Nigel has encouraged me to take on numerous occasions, I was unable to comment upon whether he needed stitches, or to really help in any significant way (actually, I was more than a bit freaked out, but he remained remarkably calm after 2 beers). So, I drove him to the West Jefferson Emergency Room. We were the only patients and were able to be seen by Rose & Chris (nurses) and Mark (physicians assistant) very quickly. At least 10 needle injections for pain???? & four stitches, a trip to the grocery store, and a lunch later ... Nigel was back out fencing! He is amazing and hasn't complained at all! He'll do anything for those chooks! Or maybe he just has a numb head after all of those years playing rugby! Who cares... as long as the fence gets done!