Pre and mid surgery
A very heavy ice cream maker fell on e:matthews toe last week. Today we needed to release the pressure and set up a home surgical theater. It was super fun, Victorian style.
Sterile table drapped in cotton, alcohol, peroxide, washclothes, razor blade, daylight lamp, paper clip, lighter, neosporin, gause, and gloves.
We first tried to heat up they paperclip and burn a hole through the nail to release the blood via nail without breaking the skin. Once we sizzled through the nail we realized the blood under the nail had coagulated and very little blood was released.
After that we resorted to plan B which was a small nick of the blood blister near the base - followed by careful draining of the oldish brown blood trapped inside into gause.
It was successful. Luckily so because plan C was the rusty saw, a torniquete, some whiskey and a stick to bite down on... and I was out of whiskey.
Sterile table drapped in cotton, alcohol, peroxide, washclothes, razor blade, daylight lamp, paper clip, lighter, neosporin, gause, and gloves.
We first tried to heat up they paperclip and burn a hole through the nail to release the blood via nail without breaking the skin. Once we sizzled through the nail we realized the blood under the nail had coagulated and very little blood was released.
After that we resorted to plan B which was a small nick of the blood blister near the base - followed by careful draining of the oldish brown blood trapped inside into gause.
It was successful. Luckily so because plan C was the rusty saw, a torniquete, some whiskey and a stick to bite down on... and I was out of whiskey.
