just finished nightshift

Amongst many others had a patient with a cellulitic abscess on his thigh(a big ass boil)

gave him entinox(laughing gas) and injected him with xlgnocaine(local anaesthetic)-i have never seen a male with a lower pain threshhold

..and i got to work! sliced it open with a sterile blade and watched that pus and blood oooooze out!

i drained that infection filled boil for ten minutes!

packed it,dressed it,gave him antibiotics and bade him on his way!

poor guy to make matters worse he had just taken crystal meth for the 1st ever time as well!

..just thought id share that!

okey dokey

jonylawson said:

The people over at the Emotional-Eating Victims thread should probably be reading this.

I would tell you what I did at work today, but it would give you nightmares.

jonylawson said:

Sounds like you had a full day!

jonylawson said:

What's your job?

My son got a MRSA infection last summer and in a matter of days he had a knot on the back of his leg as big as a baseball and it was dark blue/black. It oozed a little on it's own, but my doctor told me to take him to the pediatric ER.

They wanted to cut it open with a local. I told him over my dead body. This area was so painful that he could hardly walk and he couldn't put even the slightest pressure on his leg. I would try and very very gently blot the pus up, but he would scream every time.

So, they did conscious sedation and the doctor said the pus had hardened and he actually had to dig it and pick it out with tweezers.

I felt so sorry for him. But, once they did that he felt so much better and he was obviously given antibiotics.


But, to answer your question my most exciting thing today was laundry.

hokie1 said:

I think it's obvious that he's a crystal meth dealer.

ew.

this morning i proctored an exam for a student with learning disabilities. i wasn't allowed to explain anything and the time limits worked against him; it was so goddamn frustrating seeing him try to rush through it and not being able to help him that i wanted to cry. crappy day.

Lots of data entry, nothing exciting

I like popping my zits and razor bumps, the ooze feels so good. I also like turtles.

saturday ova here went to a nother doc to get this body rash looked at and mow im on meds for the first time in my adult life, sux!

I feel better about my job.

jonylawson said:

With that boil.....are you sure he's not doing skin popping? Subcutaneous injection of drugs? Sometimes they get infected and need incised and drained.

Grocery shopping, made a hell of a lot of food for today's lunch with the in-laws, and cleaned up, 2 loads laundry

ZombieKitten said:

was footy watching food on that shopping list

xplnyrslf said:

well thats what i did -incised and drained it cos it was infected!

was he skin popping? ive no idea-treat em and patch em up-!!

prb said:

nah, we're not australian

ZombieKitten said:

my team wasnt in the final

but i still watch

prb said:

our team would be argentina, except they don't have a team

ZombieKitten said:

im glad geelong won- but bummed hawthorn didnt make it

prb said:

my son was thrilled, he decided to like geelong 2 months ago

ZombieKitten said:

4 ur boy

mine goes 4 melbourne

both his parents r one -eyed hawks

how did that happen

prb said:

no clue! we don't even mention the AFL word in this house

ZombieKitten said:

thank goodness its over .....

til next year

prb said:

woohoo! and still another 3 years til the world cup

ZombieKitten said:

r we talking football/soccer?

if so.....

australia were ROBBED last world cup

prb said:

absolutely (yes I am ) I ate 2 Krispy Kremes that night NEVER AGAIN, no matter HOW bad we lose

ZombieKitten said:

i stayed up 2 watch that game- and i dont really follow the soccer (only my sons under 8 team )

ripped off big time

prb said:

yup