"Reminders don't work," she says seriously. "No matter how careful I am, this kind of thing keeps happening to me. My luck, I guess."

"No numbness, no tingling," she says, and systematically moves her fingers. "One, two, three, four, and five, our good friend the thumb. I think I missed the nerves." Then she makes a face. "Y'ever been full-body numb? 'Cause that happened to me during the storm. And I broke my arm."