Barbara “Bobbie” Haverly recovering in hospital.Photo:Gofundme
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A Florida woman is recovering from losing the top of her finger while returning a book to a library drop box.
Barbara “Bobbie” Haverly was at the W.T. Bland Public Library in Mount Dora in central Florida when the accident happened at around 12:30 p.m. on July 28, reportedFox News.
“I was in shock,” she said. “It hit an artery, so there was blood squirting everywhere.”
W.T. Bland Public Library in Mount Dora, Florida.Google Maps
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As blood gushed from her finger, a man in the checkout line also rushed to the bathroom to grab paper towels.
Haverly brought her fingertip to the hospital, where she had surgery and stayed for three days, she told the outlet. Sadly, they could not reattach her finger, however, as the nerve endings were too heavily damaged.
“Instead, more of my finger had to be taken off because it was cut off diagonally,” Haverly continued. “My surgeon said he had to cut straight across to allow skin to grow back.”
“They thought I must have cut myself with a knife, not returned a book to the library,” she added.
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“I was very active, and now everything that brings me joy, I can’t do,” she said. “I had to cancel a visit with my grandkids because I can’t lift them. My daily routine has been interrupted.”
While new skin will grow over Haverly’s wound, she will never have a nail again. Her sister, Gloria Gluskin, has now set up aGoFundMeaccount to assist with medical bills.
“Yesterday, while returning a book through the library book depository-the top (of) Bobbie’s finger to the first knuckle was cut off,” Gluskin wrote on the GoFundMe. “Bobbie and Paul have a minimal insurance plan with a very high deductible. I am asking for you to give what you can to help them pay this medical bill. Thank you so much”
Barbara Haverly or the W.T. Bland Public Library did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
