Originally published in 2013, this is a message I felt bears repeating.

A few years ago, while staying at a motel in Monterey, California, I went to open the window to my room to let in the fresh sea air. The window was one of those old aluminum frame sliding windows and when I tried to pull it open, it stuck. So I pulled really hard, and suddenly the resistance broke and the window slid open fast and smashed my thumb on the side of the window frame, and it really, really hurt. I fell onto the bed and rolled from side to side consumed in pain for a several minutes.

After the pain subsided a little, I looked at the injury. The finger-nail was turning black and throbbed badly, yet there was no serious injury. So what to do? It was already 9 PM and at that time the only medical option would be to find a hospital emergency room, and I guessed doing that would keep me up all night. So, I chose try to sleep and get care if still needed in the morning.

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