Yesterday there was a bit of an incident with a couple of dogs and a cat. In the end Ruth's finger got in the way and she ended up getting bit on her ring finger by one of the dogs. It of course was very painful but we cleaned it up really good and it didn't seem like it would be a problem. At about 3:30a.m. Ruth woke us up. She was in terrible pain and her finger was quite swollen. We don't have insurance to take her to the emergency room so we wanted to come up with another option. We had Ruth soak her hand in cold ice water, take a pill for pain and go back to bed. I wanted to call one of my sister's who is a nurse for advice but I wanted to wait until I knew she was going to be up. So at 6:30 a.m. we called my sister. Ruth's finger was not turning blue but it seemed to be swelling even more. So the advice was to cut the ring off her finger to alleviate pressure. It actually went quite well. Her finger is still quite swollen and in a lot of pain but at least it doesn't have the added pressure of the ring. We will be keeping an eye on it, trying to avoid an infection. We are also hoping there will be a way to fix the ring once we get back home.
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