He was coiling the hose and it stopped coming. He yanked on it, and as he jerked it towards him, he caught the back of his hand on one of the nails he hangs the hose nozzles on....not too much blood, but lots of possibilities for infection if we didn't get it cleaned out really well and there seemed to be several rips and tears.
We learned something...peroxide is out. Cleaning was done with sterile water with a bit of salt in it. The very tall lady doc then came and spread that dark color cleaner stuff, the same as when you give blood, I think, all over the wound and proceeded to use a q-tip to fold back all the skin and rearrange it back to where it should be. It doesn't look anything like what we originally saw. Then she took a glue stick and proceeded to glue all the edges. Job done.
Oh...he had to have a tetanus shot, BUT, because he is 87, we had to wait for the pharmacy to deliver a senior shot. Regular tetanus shots are for ages 11-64.
Oh, Kathy, I’m so sorry.
Hope he heals up swiftly.
Glad your friend has decided to stay in the hospital.
She has had a rough year and it isn’t over yet.
Ripped on a nail? Man, those are nasty cuts.
I’m glad the tall lady doc got everything taken care of for you.
That glue stick stuff is awesome, especially for irregular cuts. Pretty soon, he’ll be good as new.
Sure relieved to hear all went well. Good old glue sticks! It’s amazing how different things are today in the ‘stitching unecessary’ department. And, for some reason, either I’d never heard or never gave it a thought, I didn’t realize a tetanus shot was different for those of the older group. But, when thinking about it, I’m sure it would have to be. Interesting!
Sorry to hear your Dad got hurt, Ma.
Sounds like they cleaned it with Betadine.
If his hand gets to throbbing, hr might want to elevate it on a small pillow while watching TV/sleeping.