That bites!
A boozed-up woman found out the hard way that falling asleep outside a Canadian bar when it’s -22 degrees Fahrenheit is not a good idea.
The unidentified woman shared chilling images on imgur.com of her severe frostbite injuries – and acknowledged that she was “f***ing stupid” for the “blackout drunk” December incident in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
The woman, who moved to Canada from Australia four years ago, said she told her pals she was going to have a cigarette before disappearing into the bone-and finger-chilling outdoors without her jacket and gloves.
She was found three hours later, trying to sleep while curled up and with her fingers a nasty shade of purple.
“It was 5:45 a.m. when I was found. At 6:30 a nurse told me that best-case scenario I keep my fingers … worst case I lose my hands,” she said.
The woman, who was hospitalized for several days, said the medical staff wanted to check out her unsightly “sweet blisters.”
Dr. Randall Friesen – whom she referred to as “Dr. Freezin’” – warned her that her fingers would swell before they could be popped.
“The pain and pressure at this point was verging on unbearable. I was taking opiates the whole time … frostbite recovery is pretty well known for its pain,” she said. “My next visit with Doc Freezin he was wearing an apron and a face mask with a plastic shield over his head. With my hand over a metal tray, he cut my blisters with a scalpel. Puss went everywhere. I think I even got the hospital curtains.”
Her hands are healing but the doctor is still worried about her left pinky and right middle fingertip.
“I won’t find out until June. If I lose them I want to make a sweet, custom made prosthetic,” she said.