2003-09-10 
 

hurting the ones you love

Got to sleep in a bit for the second day in a row...had originally planned to be up in Harbin Hot Springs for a mini break, but G's hole in his leg would've made that more agony then restful so we cancelled and spent the time here letting him recoop and doing this and that around home and very locally. (It's good to get him walking around a bit, but we don't want to push it until hearing more from the doctor on Thursday.) Want to say a hearty thanks to Nurse C since he not only gave us wound care tips, but assisted and talked me through it yesterday when I had to change the dressing and clean out the hole. It's on the back of G's leg, so he can't really get a good look at it to do anything himself. This leaves me to take care of it...not a happy task, but I'd rather do it and have him get better than any other option.

For those of you wondering why it's up to me to clean out the wound with some monster cotton swab, swish in some sterile water and then poke it full of seaweed, let me remind you that our healthcare system sucks. I pray you never have to depend upon the system, because, unless you have bundles of cash, the system depends on you to get it done yourself and honestly would probably be glad to have one less person around to bother it if you screw up. Thanks again to Nurse C, and prayers out to those in need that they too have a good friend around to help out.

Today I flew solo on the cleaning/dressing of the much healthier looking hole in G's leg. Other than the pain I was obviously causing him, it went ok. We headed over to Chow for some food to celebrate it being over for today and then to Crossroads for some retail therapy. We ended up trading in some jeans and tops that we never wear for for two cool sweaters and a funky hat. It's the little things in life.

In other news. Back to work tomorrow. Yuck.

Labels: dose of mikey, g, medical mystery, rant, shout out

* posted by me at 12:49 AM

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