My Dumbledore Finger
Well, that's really the only way I can describe it. Most of the girls in my family have an allergy to nickel (why you see a lot of jewelry "nickle free") and have to wear jewelry that's real like white gold, sterling silver or platinum. My engagement ring and wedding band are both white gold and I've never had an issue with them. That is until about a month ago in the middle of the night my finger was itching like crazy and I had to take my ring off. I wear my ring 24-7. The next morning my finger was red, cracked and a little swolen. Weird, right? So I clean my ring and my band thinking that will help and I wear it over the next few days and the redness and itchiness only gets worse. I'm not sure what's causing it. We're going to have my ring re-rodium'd (re-plated) and professionally cleaned to see if that will help. I'm hoping it does because as of right now I can't wear my ring at all! I took a couple of pics of my finger yesterday with Paul's amazing camera so you all could see (click for close-ups!). It's not that gross, and probably doesn't look as bad as I think it is in the pictures. It just stinks! It's like my ring is cursed!
My ring does that sometimes to me too... I don't know why. Don't give up though, I bet it will be back to normal soon. This happens to Linna too.
When it's hot outside, my watch does that to me, and sometimes my ring, but not as often. I think it has to do something with sweat. Treat it with antibiotic ointment, and keep a bandaid on it, and it should go away after a few days. Cleaning your ring is a good idea. I'm sure that will help.
If I were a doctor in 1849, I would say that you might need to amputate that finger. But I'm not a doctor, and it's not 1849. But I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night. I think we have one of Ben's toys at our house (Lightning McQueen from Cars). We're going to keep it until you guys come over for dinner to get it back. Sarah gets back on Aug 19th probably, so after that we'll invite you guys over.
Bring two dollars in non-sequential bills if you ever want to see your toy again. Don't call the police.
James is the biggest dork ever! Please ignore my husband's shameless attempts at hilarity.
No worries, Sarah, I think he's really funny! I do have FBI in the family so I'd be careful with any threats about taking toys for ransom, especially exceptionally awesome Cars toys. Don't call the police? WE ARE THE POLICE!