Trying to pull open a door my friend was holding shut from the other side. Braced myself against a small window pane with my free hand to pull harder. Hand went through the window, which cut my wrist deeply in that scary spot. It bled, immediately. I was on my paper route and had to run 4 blocks home - this is way before cell phones - thinking I was going to bleed out before my parents could get me to the ER.
As it turned out, I missed the big vein but nicked a tendon. The tendon has been sort of lumpy under the scar ever since, I think because of exposure to air (I could see it clearly before they stitched me up). So now I have a "suicide" scar on my right wrist, and when I curl my middle or ring fingers the tendon lumps move under the scar as the tendon lengthens and contracts, which is pretty cool/gross.
Trying to pull open a door my friend was holding shut from the other side. Braced myself against a small window pane with my free hand to pull harder. Hand went through the window, which cut my wrist deeply in that scary spot. It bled, immediately. I was on my paper route and had to run 4 blocks home - this is way before cell phones - thinking I was going to bleed out before my parents could get me to the ER.
As it turned out, I missed the big vein but nicked a tendon. The tendon has been sort of lumpy under the scar ever since, I think because of exposure to air (I could see it clearly before they stitched me up). So now I have a "suicide" scar on my right wrist, and when I curl my middle or ring fingers the tendon lumps move under the scar as the tendon lengthens and contracts, which is pretty cool/gross.