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Post by Frank on Jun 12, 2015 9:21:28 GMT 10
Here I lie bed after having my finger and hand cut open to clean out some very bad infection which developed in 24 hours despite being on antibiotics
A gelco stuck in the vein in the back of my hand pumping iv antibiotics into me the other hand is in a sling like an obscure stop sign, I'm the youngest on the room, the closest to me being 70 (I know that's not old, buy he is) and the other 2, well I'm not sure but I think its safe to say they have passed away and haven't been told
Brenda is in a freecamp 12 km out of town and can't hook up or drive with the van on
Now the good points
A caravan forum member who had helped is out in 2013 when we broke down near Balledonia, had come to the rescue again, he has a daughter and sil her in Kal standing by to help of we need them
I will hopefully get my finger out (of hospital) ASAP when I've had all the antibiotics most
Most of the nurses and even my surgeon are really good looking
Hopefully we'll be on our way home again in a few days
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Post by Azza ( AB ) on Jun 12, 2015 17:59:23 GMT 10
Wow mate that's no good hope you get well soon.
Azza
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Post by Deleted on Jun 12, 2015 19:35:21 GMT 10
Well bugger to that Frank. Hope a speedy recovery is the go mate . Nice to see the caravan fraternity is as close knite the bikes are .  Take care mate  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2015 19:07:32 GMT 10
Get out of there as soon as you can Frank, good luck with the rest of the trip, just goes to show that there are still some great people out there
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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2015 21:37:44 GMT 10
Hope ya feeling better today mate |
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Post by Frank on Jun 13, 2015 22:36:10 GMT 10
I feel much better thanks but the hand is still RSed
Doc recons I need antibiotics vids IV for at least another 2 days, maybe another 2 after that
THEN HE SAYS we would really like you to stay close for at least 1 our 2 weeks as we want to make sure the infection does not come back when you are on oral antibiotics, you won't be able to drive for that long anyway and it will be 6 to 8 weeks before you have full user of your hand anyway
FAR KING WHAT?
we have to spend 2 weeks here at $39 a night, ooooh my aching wallet
All I did was make a camp fire, I was breaking some twigs and one pierced my skin by about 5mm, I'd happened a few times before
Washed the wound, look in it, no foreign matter, clean it, disinfect out, put a band aid on it, make s cup of HTFU and get back to the job at hand
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Post by Frank on Jun 13, 2015 22:57:19 GMT 10
Sorry that posted by itself half way through I'll do the test in a sec
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Post by Frank on Jun 13, 2015 23:15:59 GMT 10
The job at hand, most if not all of us have done it before right
FFW 9 hours, it 2am, I wake up shivering feeling like crap and I have the flu, get up to go to the toilet turn the light on and my aching finger is 1/2 the size of a chilly pepper and almost as red, 3 minutes later I manage to get my 60 th birthday ring off to Save it from the ring cutter, and get back to bed to continue shivering for another 3 hours
At 8.30 I'm at the hospital getting some antibiotics and told that if it gets worse to come back, which is what I did at 7pm as by then the whole hand was swollen and the red was working it's way up the arm.
I was admitted and looked at by a rather good looking surgeon and told she would have to get her boss to look at it in the morning and would probably operate to remove the infection meanwhile IV antibiotics
By the next morning my hand was swollen to the wrist and the redness had gone to the armpit
Apparently the timber I broke and skewered myself with was sandalwood and has been known to take a hand in a week.
I SHOULD get all movement back including my index finger which I cannot bend at the moment (the reason I can't drive)
Had we left that day, by the time I realised I was in trouble it would have been to late to turn back and I would have lost the hand to necrosis possibly more
So people, sandalwood is a nasty timber, apparently they are other times out there like it
SO when you are breaking twigs, even when you are collecting firewood ALWAYS USE GLOVES, I will from now on
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Post by Frank on Jun 13, 2015 23:24:26 GMT 10
PS All typos in the 3 above posts are the action of autocorrect and have nothing to do with the typist At all Trust me I'm a biker, would I lie to you |
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Post by Azza ( AB ) on Jun 14, 2015 6:30:57 GMT 10
Man that's wild I would never thought such a thing and i have worked with timber most of my life and as you say you get a splinter pull it out with teeth or pliers and keep going. Treated timbers splinters tend to get a bit red and sore but nothing like you got.
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Post by george on Jun 14, 2015 8:51:06 GMT 10
Well, that's a pretty scary story. Yes, I too, like most people have had splinters and think nothing of it. I guess that as we get older our bodies can't handle things as good! Wishing you a speedy recovery Frank.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2015 14:29:30 GMT 10
Geez Frank, Ive heard of doing the job properly the first time, but I dont think they meant it that way. Speedy recovery mate.
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Post by kinghavok on Jun 14, 2015 17:06:29 GMT 10
hope you recover soon mate. nasty little prick hey?
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Post by Frank on Jun 15, 2015 17:48:40 GMT 10
Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum, they wont let me go
Doc wants me to stay in for at least another 2 days maybe 4 to get more IV antibiotics, says I still stand a chance of getting the infection back and loosing a finger, oh well at least the staff are nice, the food is good and the nurses are good looking, could be worse
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Post by maccca on Jun 15, 2015 19:58:59 GMT 10
Good to see the Drugs are working Frank..
Get well, and back on your wheels soon..
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