Wedding ring disaster

So I think I might have done one of the dumbest things I've ever done before! About 2 months or so before I had Alexa I had to remove my wedding rings because they were getting too tight around my fat fingers. After I delivered I tried putting them back on but my fingers were still too swollen. Well, it's been a month since then and I've lost most of the baby weight so I thought I'd try again this morning....can you see where this is going?!?

I was determined to get the rings on and I thought if I could just get them over my knuckle it would be fine. Boy was I wrong! I managed to get the rings on my finger and over my knuckle, but as soon as I did I knew I was in trouble! Immediately I felt the tightness on my finger and it started to turn red, then purpleish. I started freaking out! I grabbed the lotion and frantically rubbed it on my finger. No luck. I ran downstairs and got the butter and again frantically rubbed it on my finger. No luck. Trying to pull it off was just making matters worse. I prayed to God to please let me get these rings off. Thoughts of having to amputate my finger ran through my head...that is if it didn't fall off before the ambulance got there. I called my mom begging for her to give me a solution. She suggested all the things I already tried. Then I called Brian. He rushed home and was determined to get the ring off. So he made me ice my hand in ice water for 20 minutes to take down the swelling. Again, no luck. It was clear the only alternative was for me to go to the ER to have it cut off (the ring that is!).

Brian's mom took me to the ER where they had to cut the ring off. It took about 30 minutes or so for them to cut through the platinum with this special tool they have. Fortunately the staff was nice and told me I'm not the only person this has happened to :-) They also didn't charge me and the ring is still salvageable. It will definitely need to be resized though :-) Lesson learned.

On a similar note I tried on a pair of my old heels yesterday and realized they are much tighter than they used to be. I think I'll buy a new pair rather than risk those having to be pried off!