Mallet finger update: I've had it with this splint

Angel Ackerman

Jul 3

Today was my last official day working with a disability accommodation in the Stitch Fix Bizzy Hizzy warehouse. It's Sunday, tomorrow is the Fourth of July, and I had a helluva time getting out of bed when the alarm went off at 4:15 a.m.

So I didn't.

I was in the middle of an anxiety dream where I was with an old friend that cut off ties with me a decade ago… and I think a few people I've lost were in that dream.

I reset my alarm for 4:45 and started my day a little off and then the Keurig decided I only deserved half a cup of coffee. As. If.

Today was my first day working in my new splint. (If you didn't know I lost the first one in my cat, you can read that story here.)

I've suspected since Friday afternoon that my new splint was too tight, but I didn't confirm it until I started to see marks on my finger, deep ridges, yesterday.

During work today it got pretty unbearable— so when they let us out early I came home, heated the teapot and dropped the custom splint into a bowl.

I poured the boiling water into the bowl and reshaped the plastic. It's not nearly as perfectly molded as the professional job, but it doesn't pinch my finger.