Can’t imagine loosing an index finger. Glad the doctors could save it. Does it have any function or feeling?
I too figured when I pulled off the glove that I'd have to shake it to find the other piece! I could have sworn it was severed. I was relieved to find that it was (barely) still in one piece.
Range of motion in that finger (left index) is down by about 50%. It's constantly fairly numb and gets cold easily. If I were younger, I'd probably have surgery on it and try and restore more ROM. But at my age, it's just a good reminder to stay more alert while using the splitter!
Pete
my dad cut most of the way through the middle finger on his right hand with the table saw about 2002 he told the doc just take it off I don't really need that one.
doc says you don't want to be that 9 1/2 fingered grandpa , my dad was like really I won't even be the first one in the family my father inlaw lost his ring finger the day he started dating my mother in law.
doc tells him how advances have happened , he will save the finger and he will be glad he saved it
fast forward 20 years , it hurts when he shoots anything with recoil, it hurts anytime he bangs it on anything , it is fused so it doesn't bend, it hurts to try and grab anything with it too hard, it gets cold very easily , but not like he wants to cut it off and go through healing again.