What an awful scare Logan . I clip Dawn's nails fairly regularly because I wear short sleeved shirts almost all the time, and after a couple weeks her claws form little needle points that go right through the flesh in my arms when she's climbing up and down my arms It looks a bit like a prickly cactus bumped me up and down my arm when that happens, little scratches and red dots.

I have 'scissors' birdie nail clippers like this: http://www.birdalog.com/index_m.cfm/S/41/N/294

I just hold her and snip off the very tips, I don't really try to shorten them, I just keep the very sharp little tip cut off. I think this also helps to keep her nails from getting caught in things, and by doing it regularly they never really grow, but stay the same length I think.