i snatched a clean pair of pants from the closet; pulled it on with one hand. blood was dripping on the carpet, on the bed and on my pants. my husband got some cotton and pressed them on my finger; wrapped them tight with paper-like tape. then he helped me put on my t-shirt.we drove down to urgency care about 10 miles away.
we got there. i registered; paid my fee and waited for my call. waited and waited,,,and waited. after half an hour a nurse called me. she got my vital signs then led me to a room and made me sit. she said i'd be the doctor's first patient when he comes in. it was half past 12 noon already. the doctor must've gone to lunch.
i heard people talking in the hallway; footsteps. then silence. everyone left? they forgot me? hello? i'm dying here.
i heard footsteps again. the nurse passed my door and said, the doctor will be right with you. i thanked her. then she was gone.
a few minutes later a man garbed in white came in the room. his tag said, dr. tran, family practice. he's lightly built; about 5'-3". first thing he asked me was, what i was cutting. if i cut meat also. no, just vegetable, was my reply. can you bend your finger? i did bend it a bit.
he undressed my finger and more blood oozed. he washed it with some kind of liquid; blotted it dry a bit; and injected a topical anesthesia. he then got sutures that the nurse gave him and stitched my cut together. while he was doing that blood was still spurting from some open cut. finally, he got them all stitched up. the nurse cleaned my hand; dressed the finger and sent me off.
that was yesterday. today i am to change the dressing, i'm afraid to look at it. i'll let my nurse, my husband, do it for me.
if it's not fish bone in my throat; cut on my finger; or ear infection it's something else. it's the peril of being alive.
21 comments:
Oh Mari! what did you do? Poor bleeding finger! I am a chicken when it comes to blood. If that was me, I'd freak out, with all the gushing blood and nobody paid attention at the Hospital? But I am glad all is well. Be careful...
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They were giving free Laker Game tickets.
ebie,
i was bad. i was scared. you know, that kind of oozing blood was no biggie for those people. but they took care of me.
wow...wow...wow! you got free laker game tickets? october would be a good month.
typing with one finger here. lol thanks for the visit. will check out your post.
OUCH indeed! that's some urgency clinic! you have to wait that long?
your cut must be real bad for the doctor to stitch it. it's a good thing mick was there too to help you.
i imagine it's hard to type using the "tuldok" system! lol
ingats!
Dear Mari,
Next time you have that incident, if you can find some carbon content material like charcoal or dried ember or even the head of matches, pulverize it and just sprinkle it around the cut to stop the bleeding to save you losing blood.
Then calmly, you call the doctor and tell him, it's emergency with blood loss due to profuse bleeding. That way, you don't have to wait ...
Anyone who read this comment, try to set aside "Uling" or charcoal and pulverize it now, put in a clean jar with a label and store it in a safe place for Emergency.
If charcoal is not available at the time of emergency, apply a torniquet.
There is a certain time of day that bleeding can be profused. In the Filipino superstitious parlance, when the bleeding is profused, that means the sea tide is high. Aw, come on ...
nance,
yeah, i waited cuz there were other urgent patients. anyway, the doc took care of me first. RNPs took care of others.
i'll be very careful next time. will be cooking mostly canned veggies, so no slicing. lol
thanks for the concern.
bonnie,
thanks for the charcoal tip.
the problem with calling the doctor is that i'll get a recorded message first that says, "press one for english, press two for spanish. if this is an emergency call blah...blah...blah," if i get to talk to a live person it would tell me to go to urgency care right away.
i'll remember that charcoal. i thought about tourniquet.
thanks much.
oh my God............mari, while reading your post, my stomach wackle, and sound come out.....grrr, grrrr.......
parang i feel the hurt you felt.
parang ako ang my wound.
ako rin, matatakutin, siguro kung ako dyan sa finger mo, nahihimatay na ako.......ganoon ako, si takot, kahit ano.
tapos, sa hospital, ang tagal naman ng attention nila, normal kung ganoon na, emergency na, support ang care nila sa you,
what waiting for half or more hrs?....naku, ako dyan nagwawala na, bahala kung maingay ako....
or they would say, itong itom na buhok, maingay........i don´t care, basta nasa takot na ako.
naku, ang sakit siguro ano?
hope everything is ok na.......mabuti meron kang private nurse sa bahay mo.
take care and have a nice Sunday.
ang ganda ng darili mo, thin and long.....kaya maganda kang mag-draw or skizzes...
hugssssssssss
to Bonnie Bonsai,
thanks sa rat n tat mo,.....charcoal.
si bernie meron tube na "Brand und Wundgel"-parang tincture? sa kitchen, kasi alam nya si takotin ako.
ma-collapsed dayon ko....talawan kaayo.
thanks sa tips mo.....
nance naman.,,,,,,nakatuwa....
Tuldok system......Sandokin na lang......lol
hindi na daw mag-slicing si Mari, canned vege na lang cya.....daritso na yan, Mari, good idea........heheheh
nakatuwa, nawla ang murmuring sa stomach ko sa tawa......
Have a nice Sunday.........
sigi, off muna ako, nandito na si bernie, galing ng biking, hindi ako sumama, sakit na ang popo ko sa ka bike.........mabuti cya biking-bike talaga sa kanya, sa akin city-bike lang.....hindi ko kaya na uy.......lol
one week more to go.........tapos na free nya.
sorry, mari dito na ako nag telebaba..........
thanks for the space.......ingat ka.
oohh...must've hurt. a wound on one's hand is hard to caare for and usually keep it dry to heal faster
Oh I would have freaked out big time at the sight of blood.
Take care next time. Hugs.
Hi Mari! That must be one serious cut you had. Imagine, it has to be stitched on?! I'd probably freak out too like the others. Anyway, I hope the cut is drying up by now and you can now make use of your hurt finger. Ingat ingat always!
vicki,
tuwing maalaala ko ang hitsura ng sugat ko kinikilig ako. ngayon lang ako nasugat ng ganito kalalim. natatakot tuloy akong gamitin yung kutsilyo.
mas marami pang grabeng nasusugatan kaya sanay na siguro sila sa clinic ng ganoon.
naku, ang mga daliri ko malalaki. lol parang daliri ng karpintero. lol
may i-post sana ako pero ang hirap mag-type...isang kamay lang ang ginagamit ko. lol
welcome ka mag-babad dito.
backpacker,
it's hard using only one hand.
yeah, keeping it dry and clean.
photo cache,
i didn't have time to freak out...i guess.
i will be very careful next time.
tita beng,
yup, it was serious. in 2 weeks the sutures will be taken out.
yeah, i will be ingat ingat.
thanks all for the concern.
kini si VK makabuhi ug patay hahaha
Good that it's only the finger or it could have been worse. Yes, I wonder how you enjoy typing for this entry with the "tuldok" system. Hehehe...
ouch! that must've hurt!
baka hinimatay ako kung ganyan ang nangyari though i also cut my finger once with a knife, too, pero maliit lang ang sugat. nyay, kakatakot. i can't even look at my finger that time!
take your sweet time. you need to stay away from kitchen sink, tell the geek that.
take care and extra careful next time.
miss yah, nini
dodong,
you're right, it could've been worse.
it's not fun typing with one hand...it's overworked.
bing
katakot nga. ayoko ngang naguguni-guni siya hangang ngayon.
nini,
what a surprise!!! I've been wondering about you the other day.
anyways, i'm stayin away from that very sharp knife. am using a serrated one now.
thanks for the visit.
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