Mark wrote: > ok, the biggie ... from what you read, and saw [and thank you for all the > well wishes, hopefully i answered everyone personaly] what was the thing > we missed? during this whole ordeal, one basic thing was missed!! i think > this will generate a bit of discussion, after i reveal it, as it is not > appearant from my previous post, but this is clearly MISSING ... my wife > and i didn't realize it for a week, with unfortunate consequences ... i'll > let a little guessing go on, then reveal it tomorrow night, as the > questions YOU ask [like 40 questions] will also reveal other things along > the way. I'm going to take a wild stab at this and hazard a guess that this deep puncture wound got infected. I'm definitely not in the medical field, so I may be WAY off base here, but with the combination of a puncture wound, the water that you were in, and the lack of the use of disifectant or antibiotic cream that the risk of infection was pretty high. Puncture wounds by their very nature of being "closed" are probably more susceptible to this than other cuts. If this is true what is the best recommendation for "irrigating" a puncture wound with some type of antibiotic or disinfectant? Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Aug 10 2000 - 07:07:12 PDT
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