so my husband was helping some contractor friends of ours put in a few new windows in our house about 10 days ago. He was brushing off the wood molding with his hand before he stained and painted them.and then he got a sliver.
a big sliver.
and it was bleeding and really sore. and he couldn't get it out.
and the guys putting in our windows laughed at him.so he stopped trying to get it out. and he put some stuff on it and he bandaged it and it hurt
but it was justa sliver.
and he went up to New Hampshire to visit his family and friends and they told him to try all these 'no fail sliver removal cures' that all failed. and his finger became more and more infected.
and sore. and the sliver disappeared. it was in there...somewhere....and then he went on... to do his job which involved traveling to boston, ma and connecticut before coming home on Wednesday.
His finger was really very swelled up with an off-white putrid area around the hole where the sliver went in.I made him go to the doctor, who sent him to a 'hand surgeon'. both doctors told him it was really infected and they had to send samples of the infection to THE State Infectious Control Site because there are infections rampaging thru the US now that have virtually only ONE anitbiotic that will fight them. and they can't give that antibiotic out unless it is approved. SO...the hand guy says he Cannot take that sliver out in his office. It is too infected, too close to the bone and the infection could travel thru his body within hours.They admit him to the hospital for emergency surgery...for a freakin' sliver!
and they operated on his finger. and they wrap his finger from tip to wrist. and he can't move his whole hand and he has to keep it totally elevated...andthey prescribe him...VICODIn
...and out of all this....the vicodin freaks me out.i am so afraid of these opiate based drugs.after nic(sheff). after all i've read. and heard. and watched on tv.
that is what freaks me.I have a fear of these drugs.a healthy fear? well, a fear.addiction...is sooooo.....scary. to me.ok. that's my friday story. I'm going to bed now. and if my husband is in pain...well...maybe one vicodin...BUT that's it!knowledge is power.yep. for now anyway.
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Sandy, My heart goes out to you! I know what it's like to have a sick (hospitalized) hubby. Just two years ago my husband slipped on the ice and broke his ankle. I mean the foot turned around 150 degrees and both the tibia and fibula broke away from the base of the ankle. two weeks after the break he had surgery and metal placed into his foot.He was in so much pain that they would not release him from the day surgery. They kept him for 3 days. I was very comfortable with that because I knew that he was taken care of, and his pain was being controlled by professionals. It was a nightmare he was out of work for 8 months. I felt like my family was gonna be living on the corner of Welfare and Handmeout Avenues. He took pain meds for a good 3 to 4 weeks (percocet) and never became an addict Thank God! As long as he follows the dosage, I don't think he'll have a problem. Good Luck to you. Your students are blessed to have a you as an instructor and mentor.
Kitty
Sandy,
That is scary. The infection part scares me more than the vicodin. Was it MRSA? How is your hubby doing?
no it wasn't mrsa. but they did do the tests for it. it was a 4+ infection out of a 5+ and they (and we) were grateful it didn't travel past the first knuckle and into his blood stream.
he still has stitches in his finger but no sign of infection...so he is doing fine!
it was a rather bizarre...and scary thing. and now we have a full bottle of vicodin in our med. cabinet. guess i should dump it out huh?
Glad it wasn't MRSA, nasty stuff. If there are no addiction issues in your house, keep the Vicodin, just in case you ever need it. Glad he is feeling better.
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