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  • Libertarian01

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    22 Oct 14 - Pics now up - post #103

    My friend and I were teaching my goddaughter to shoot when I put my hand over the pistol so it would mot hit her in the face. It came up and caught me in the right hand middle finger.

    I am out of surgery now in Lutheran hospital in Ft Wayne.

    As of now I have all of my fingers!!!

    You never think it will happen to you until it does.

    Kirk, keep on preaching!

    Posting from my phone so I apologize for poor grammer.

    I got some pics from my phone and will post later.

    My hand is still numb as hell from the dope.

    Booties on my feet squeeze on and off to keep blood clots away.

    I will update as I can.

    It hit the knuckle on my right hand, middle finger. I hope I can still flip people off...

    The really good news is that I am a lefty!

    The Dr should be in later and I will keep all informed.

    Iam doing well. My friend and I responded well. I have emergency first aid kit in my trunk. Within minutes I washed the wound with alcohol swap and my friend had the hand wrapped in gauze. Within minutes of that he drove us to Adams Cty ER.

    They transfered me to Lutheran and I was in surgery several hours later.

    Regards,

    Doug
     
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    Damn man, good luck. I'm impressed you were able to peck out a message on the INGO. I'm equally impressed that you're willing to post an embarrassing story for everyone to learn from. Kudos.
     

    Libertarian01

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    Thanks for the kind thoughts!!! They mean a lot!

    Since this IS INGO, before anyone asks it was a CZ-82 full metal jacket at point blank range.

    One of my pics will show significant powder burns.

    Regards,

    Doug
     

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    Libertarian01 I hope you don't have any long lasting problems. I pray it all heals well. Good luck and may god bless.

    I don't know how I got it screwed up between you and churchmouse, sorry about that.
     
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    Thanks for sharing Doug. Hopefully your wake up call will inspire all of us to pay a little more attention. Prayers for a speedy recovery!
     

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    My friend and I were teaching my goddaughter to shoot when I put my hand over the pistol so it would mot hit her in the face. It came up and caught me in the right hand middle finger.

    I'm confused on what the injury is? Did a bullet go through your hand and how did that happen if the hand was over the pistol, which I believe means it was above the top of the gun? Or was it behind the gun and the slide hit your hand?
     

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    My friend and I were teaching my goddaughter to shoot when I put my hand over the pistol so it would mot hit her in the face. It came up and caught me in the right hand middle finger.

    I'm confused. Why did you put your hand over the pistol? And why would it have hit her if you didn't?

    The pistol should have been pointed downrange, not at her.
     

    Libertarian01

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    I'm confused on what the injury is? Did a bullet go through your hand and how did that happen if the hand was over the pistol, which I believe means it was above the top of the gun? Or was it behind the gun and the slide hit your hand?

    Good qiestion for clarification.

    Rhe pistol was pointed down range.

    I had just put my hand over the top of the pistol in order to keep it from comimg back to hit her in case the recoil from hitting her in the face. My goal was hervprotection.

    Unfortuneately she squeezed the trigger while my hand was too high.

    The muzzle came up and caught me good.

    If in any way my enduring this saved her I would gladly go through it a dozen times again!!!

    Her safety was my absolute first concern.

    Does that answer the question?

    Doug
     

    yote hunter

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    I hope the goddaughter didn't take anything bad away from it, im sure it freaked her out, she may not want to shoot anymore after that, deff. not a good start for her.... Glad your ok .
     

    Libertarian01

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    I hope the goddaughter didn't take anything bad away from it, im sure it freaked her out, she may not want to shoot anymore after that, deff. not a good start for her.... Glad your ok .

    You are correct. Before we left for the hospital I sat with her to make it clear the fault was mine. Her parents have been telling her the same thing. When the seargent with the sheriffs dept interviewed me I asked him to tell her Doug was at fault and not her. Her dad told me he followed through on my request.

    I want to get her back out ASAP to enjoy the .22. We will leave the larger calibers alone for awhile. :)

    Doug
     

    Libertarian01

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    Damn it man.
    Hope you keep all of the fingers.
    Lessons learned.

    Thanks for sharing Doug. Hopefully your wake up call will inspire all of us to pay a little more attention. Prayers for a speedy recovery!

    best to you Doug. hopefully this heals quickly.


    Thanks again for all the kind words.

    I am certain my body will heal LONG before my pride...

    I am SO thankful for my droid! Without it I would be going nuts.

    Doug
     
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