Wife Of Man Who Accidentally Cut Off His Hand Says It Won’t Be Reattached

Cel Schlafman says there's no chance doctors will be able to reattach the left hand of her right-handed husband

JAMESTOWN, N.D. — The wife of a Jamestown man who cut off his hand while making sausage in his garage believes the quick actions of emergency responders likely saved his life.

But Cel Schlafman says there’s no chance doctors will be able to reattach the left hand of her right-handed 69-year-old husband, Myron.

She says it isn’t known yet it if he’ll be a candidate for a prosthetic.

Schlafman was injured Friday in what his wife says was a “freak accident.”

He was taking a chunk of meat out of a mixer when he accidentally stepped on a pedal activating the meat grinder.

He’s now at a Fargo hospital.