Machete Accident

Last night Lifeline worked as an ambulance once again. A man named Nono came to us with a machete cut. He had a towel wrapped around his hand and we weren’t able to see how bad the injury was. Once he removed the towel we knew immediately that he needed stitches. His thumb had been cut almost off.

Nono had been working outside with his machete when he tripped on something and fell. As he fell he sliced his thumb. We rushed him to one hospital where we were told they couldn’t do stitches. So then we had to go to another hospital.

By the time we got there he had lost a lot of blood and was in serious need of medical attention. The staff there took him in right away and began working on him. He received 9 stitches and also needed an IV. Praise the Lord they were able to save his thumb!