Oh, that's lovely! Worth a few days with a bad toe anytime, wouldn't you say? Gifts from God come in funny packages sometimes.
Good story, NW, but I am sorry about what you had to go through before you could write it. Being sick or injured on the road sucks.
By the by, before going on your next adventure, look for a description of how to use an unfolded paper clip and a lighter to decompress the nail bed (though I think you can figure it out yourself). It is really the same procedure as that performed with a thermo-lancet, except with simple equipment one can easily scrounge in a pinch. Sounds a little medieval, I know, but it works fine, does not hurt as much as that lidocaine did, and is safe and effective in competent hands, which yours surely are. Just a suggestion from an old boy scout who grew up and became a nurse.
Happy trails.
How's that toe doing now? Or am I giving away the next installment? *LOL*
Hello.
My name is Lee Sherry and I work in the web marketing department at Medical Scrubs Mall
I wanted to get in touch to see if we could possibly do some cross-promotion over the web. I'm hoping that you've got some time to schedule to chat on the phone this week about your website and possibly getting an advertising link of some kind for http://www.medicalscrubsmall.com on it.
Let me know if this is something that can work for you - we'd love to reciprocate by sending some of our site visitors your way as well. You can reach me anytime over email or at 954-626-2145.
Best,
Lee
I've been away for awhile...
When I saw your road trip was done in installments, I wanted to read them at once, at a time when I could savor them.
Worth it...
Anesthetizing the toe had me in tears.
Looking forward to more.
I just got around to reading this (still catching up from Hurricane Ike almost destroying Comcast).
Wow, what a story! And such a touching end too. I apologize for laughing at your pain (very loudly laughing -- more than once). It's your fault for writing it so funny 8^)
It made me remember when a post-op nurse gave me lidocaine before starting an IV. After I had my IV going, I told her I'd pass on any more lidocaine for IV's in the future, since it hurt way worse than IV's do. She laughed at my pain LOL
Greybeard sent me. Wonderful story. Thanks for sharing.
Enjoyed every installment. You have a gift for writing that obviously matches your talent for tending to the sick.
Greybeard sent me. Glad he did.
Happy trails to you!
Andrea
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