Wow Foolstroupe that was a powerful description.

It is still 80 F here so the finger does not yeat feel cold...yet

I have since chalked the coldness I felt up to the fact that I was once pulled into a whirlpool in a Maine lake and on the bottom of the lake I cut the palm below the that index finger which severed blood vessels and sensory nerves and tendon. It screwed up my cello playing for good. The microscopic surgury to repair the nerve helped about 50% and the tendon repair took over 5 years to stretch back to near normalcy.

Mom used to say that even the best healing will never amke something as good as new. New and uninjured is always best, so be careful.