Quote Originally Posted by Jannit View Post
She might but that seems like an easily overlooked detail! It was about five months between the tanker incident and the night in the hospital, after all. ! I know I wouldn't remember after that long but my memory tends to suck.

I'd missed the bit about Brick stopping Scratch from cutting off Burt's left finger; thanks for that little tidbit. Given what we know about Bricks, he seems like a relatively decent guy so I'm going to throw my lot in with the left finger coming in handy idea.
I think you're onto something. She may have started with the right hand just by assumption as most people are right handed without actually having any recollection of which hand he is. He could be left handed, he could be ambidextrous too.