“I
was
pulling
up
the
jet
ski
and
I
clipped
the
cradle
on,”
he
recounted, “and
then
a
wave
came
up
and
that
finger,
that
thumb,
was
in
between
the
cradle
and
the
jet
ski.
So
it
was
just
crushed.”
As
for
the
medic’s
diagnosis,
the
injury
was
indeed
very
series—and
potentially
season-ending.
“You
don’t
have
a
fingernail.
You
can
get
staff
infection
from
the
water,”
the
medic
told
Harry. “I’m
doing
my
best
to
cover
it,
but
you
have
to
be
very
mindful
about
using
it.
If
your
symptoms
don’t
subside,
if
you
feel
pain,
if
your
movement
is
limited,
then
I
suggest
an
X-ray
in
case
you
have
any
kind
of
fracture.”
As
the
evening
went
on,
Harry
continued
to
complain
about
the
nearly
unbearable
throbbing
in
his
finger,
despite
taking
meds.
And
Harry’s
crew
mates
were
equally
concerns
about
how
his
condition
would
affect
his
job.
As
Deckhand
Wihan
Du
Toit
admitted
in
a
confessional, “I’m
quite
worried
about
Harry
and
his
thumb.
He’s
in
pain.
This
is
really
going
to
affect
the
deck
team
massively.”
Though
Harry
tried
to
power
through
the
charter,
simple
tasks—includig
changing
his
clothes
and
carrying
deck
chairs—were
challenging.
And
after
a
sleepless
night
due
to
the
pain,
he
agreed
to
head
to
the
mainland
to
get
it
checked
out
at
a
hospital
the
next
day.
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