Healing :) Blog 13

To think about how complex our bodies are amazes me. I knew I could never be a nurse after working the blood drive my senior year. Blood gives me the heeeebeeegeebies (sp?). The whole concept of nerves and veins and blood vessels truly makes me cringe. Well last week, I was clipping my fingernails and the end of the clippers hit a spot in my finger just right. I had broken a blood vessel in my index finger. It started turning purple and I watched as the blood spread. My finger felt hot and I could see it swell before my eyes. It was red and purple and my first instinct was to run it under cold water and I did. But at that point, everything I saw was going black around the edges. My ears popped and I could barely hear. When I looked in the mirror my face was very pale. I felt sick on top of this. I shut the cold water off and sat on the floor because I was afraid that I was going to pass out. I really didn't think that anyone could pass out or feel like they were at such a little thing. My body just freaked out and I could do nothing to make it feel better besides sit on the floor with my head on my knees while blood rushed to it. This was one of the scariest things that has happened to me and it was not fun. But then only three days later, my finger was healed and I am able to use it like normal again. I could barely use it otherwise because it was bruised and swollen. This concept amazes me because of how complex our bodies are and how they can heal themselves. We can survive so many injuries because of the strength of our bodies and how we were made. In my eyes, this goes to show that our Creator is pretty awesome. :)