Ok.. so I fell again. Not the first time. More like the 6th or 7th. Not drunken walking. Just Dominican Walking. Or maybe because of the little thingies in my ear that are out of place but anyway.. has been happening to me for the 10 years that I have been here. Always Sober at the time. Always face first. Always hit my knees.
This time though, I really scraped it up bad.. (badly? in a bad way? ok, looks bad?) nothing that deep but a lot of surface, from the knee down to the calf, And then the bruise underneath. OUCH.
Ok thought I could deal with it. Soap and water. Ouch. neosporin. covered. Then in a day or so. Hyrdogen peroxide. ouch, of course, did not cover it.. then more neo sporin .. then tried to keep it open.
anyway, a week passed. And now the sides are red and I am not gaining
so I went to Clinic Abreu and they sent me to a surgeon.
Who now wants to put me under anesthesia to clean the wound, after the x ray, (he wants to check for any small breaks) after the blood tests after the lab test on the gunk from the wound comes back.
Does this seem reasonable? Seems like overkill to me.
but I have never had this sort of thing in the tropics.
(concerned a little since they said to come back tomorrow but the lab work won't be ready for three days and the doc should have know that)
ok. I know that you guys are NOT docs but would you share my concern?
This time though, I really scraped it up bad.. (badly? in a bad way? ok, looks bad?) nothing that deep but a lot of surface, from the knee down to the calf, And then the bruise underneath. OUCH.
Ok thought I could deal with it. Soap and water. Ouch. neosporin. covered. Then in a day or so. Hyrdogen peroxide. ouch, of course, did not cover it.. then more neo sporin .. then tried to keep it open.
anyway, a week passed. And now the sides are red and I am not gaining
so I went to Clinic Abreu and they sent me to a surgeon.
Who now wants to put me under anesthesia to clean the wound, after the x ray, (he wants to check for any small breaks) after the blood tests after the lab test on the gunk from the wound comes back.
Does this seem reasonable? Seems like overkill to me.
but I have never had this sort of thing in the tropics.
(concerned a little since they said to come back tomorrow but the lab work won't be ready for three days and the doc should have know that)
ok. I know that you guys are NOT docs but would you share my concern?