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Today, I had a new stitches patient. Fairly basic; a machete cut to an eighteen-year-old's middle finger on his right hand. One attempted digital block (& then a second try, but I think he was bluffing that he could still feel it) and seven stitches later = tout bagay bien! (all's well)
Look, I even have one of those fancy-dancy finger tourniquets:
`In other news, Krisnel, the machete-meets-wrist cut is doing very well. His body took the stitches, so the small risk was well worth it. Today he brought me a huge bag full of those Didy Eau sacs .... oh! for those who don't know the joy of drinking water from a little plastic pouch. ;) I thought it was a nice gesture; random, but nice.
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I have been invited to go work with Dr. JA in Montrois again. Next Monday he is scheduling a day full of operating, I think I'll get to do a lot of stitching - closing up after surgery. Of course, I am totally stoked about that!
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Well, I better get to bed. I spent the day starting my pre-calc class, now that I finally have my graphing calculator. (thank you, Lisas) I wanted to do a chemistry lab, but had to wait for my dad to get back from the grocery store with red cabbage. Apparently red cabbage acts as an indicator (for acids & bases) so we'll test that theory out tomorrow. Have a great Wednesday!
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~Britt
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Oh and Poppy and I plan to get up and slap another coat of glow-in-the-dark paint on the cross. The glowing worked better on my clothes than it did on the cross. We have to do some re-formulating; we're going to 'up' the pigment concentration. I think that should count as a chem lab, don't you?
