Stop in for a cup of coffee

Talked to my buddy yesterday, he'd just been to the doctor for his hand.
He cut it pretty bad a couple weeks ago ripping a board on a table saw.
Saw grabbed the board and pulled his hand across the it, 30 stiches.
Doc (plastic surgeon) didn't like the way it was healing so cut it open again.
She reattached the nerve on the thumb. He lost an artery on this thumb, but you have two so still has blood flow.
She told him his cut was classified as a partial amputation. Just a little deeper and he'd lost his thumb and index finger.
He called it dumb luck. Dumb for the accident and lucky to have all his fingers and thumb.
Sounds like that was way too close. Lot of stuff going on in the hand for it to work right. Taking Mae in for a 'minor' outpatient surgery on her hand today. I guess its kinda like a carpal tunnel thing, but in the hand. Something needs more clearance to move correctly, or she gets a lot of pain. Supposed to open it up for clearance and no more pain if it goes right.