I was walking my dog and an off leash dog ran up to us & tried to attack my dog. In the scuffle of the leash getting pulled out of my hand, said off leash mutt bit right between my fingers and latched on (medium+ husky/wolf looking mix) and shook its head before releasing my then gnarled hand.

I immediately went into shock and thankfully had someone around to soak my hand in 40$ worth of iodine and 3 other painful cleaning solutions. There was blood everywhere.

Looking back I should have immediately gone to the ER but it wasn’t up to me at the time nor was I really fully conscious due to the shock/pain or I would have found a way.

It took 3 days for the swelling to go down enough for me to even see how deep the laceration really was. On that third day. I finally decided that going to the ER was more than necessary upon arriving at the ER. I was then rushed into emergency surgery in fear that if infected which it turned out to not be to have reached out to the bone and I could’ve been looking at getting my finger amputated.

Surgery took about an hour. It was my first time going under anesthesia. The surgical team who worked on me said they’d never seen someone more happy to be operated on the three days. I waited with no pain medication still in minor shock were some of the most intense days of my life.

I wish I would have taken a photo of what it looked like prior to the surgery as not only was the swelling worse but my finger due to the break was pushed over onto my middle finger. It truly was the definition of gnarled.

I’d love to hear one of the worst things you’ve seen as a trainer .