Sonny wrote:
Great day, today. Warm, eager to be back in the shop, working on the
bathroom corner cabinets. I usually have the laptop in the shop, to
reference diagrams, but not today.

Went into the house to view the diagrams. The maid is no where in
sight. I didn't think anything of it. Walking back to the shop, I
heard a saw kick on.... some sort of electrical problem, to
automatically turn on, that way?

I approached the shop doorway and saw it happen. The maid sawed her
left 4 fingers off, right at the palm. I triaged her and was at the
hospital within 15 minutes, with her amputated fingers on ice.

I later found out she had been suicidal and had stabbed herself
earlier this week.

Her mother had brought her to work and nothing seemed amiss. We all
chatted gingerly, as usual, and we had even gathered some veggies
from the garden, for her mother to take home.

I suppose it may be wise to start locking up the shop, even for brief
trips away. Makes me wonder and think hard, also, for when the
nephews and kids come to visit. No telling what kind of accident or
incident may occur, to anyone.

I have NEVER had an accident or incident in my shops, until today.
It's very sobering.

Sonny

Holy Cow Sonny! As I was reading this I kept looking for a puch line
thinking this had to be a set up to a joke or a story. I was a paramedic
for a lot of years and I'm quite used to some really gruesome stuff, but
this goes beyond that. Unreal. That'll take some getting used to for you.
Man...

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-Mike-