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2title: X-ray
3genre: prose
4
5id: x-ray
6toc: "X-ray"
7
8project:
9 title: "Buildings out of air: Paul in the Woods"
10 class: paul
11 order: 30
12 next:
13 - title: Wallpaper
14 link: wallpaper
15 - title: Yellow
16 link: yellow
17 prev:
18 - title: Yellow
19 link: yellow
20 - title: Writing
21 link: writing
22...
23
24While chopping a tree in the woods with his hatchet (a Christmas gift from his mother) a bird he'd never heard before cried out.
25He jerked his head up and to the right as the hatchet fell down and to the left.
26It cut deep into the back of his left hand.
27A low thud didn't echo in the forest because all the needles and snow absorbed ~~sound well~~ the sound.
28
29When he got back to the house his hand wrapped in the end of his shirt he still felt no pain.
30He called for his mother and found her watching TV in the main room.
31He stayed in the kitchen not wanting to get blood on the carpet.
32She turned around cigarette dangling from her open mouth said "Oh god what happened."
33
34She drove him to the hospital in the car.
35[The radio stayed off the entire way.][]
36Paul wanted to turn it on but ~~he didn't want~~ the desire not to annoy his mother was stronger.
37They drove in silence.
38
39At the hospital after the X-rays and stitching and pain medication prescription the doctor said "You got lucky, son.
40If that axe had hit a half-inch lower you'd [have lost your hand][].
41You won't get full mobility back because we had to tie the tendons, but with therapy you should be able to work it pretty well."
42
43On the drive back home all he could think was that he was glad he didn't hit his writing hand.
44
45[The radio stayed off the entire way.]: worse-looking-over.html
46[have lost your hand]: roughgloves.html