On Thu, 10 Aug 2000, Dave Seng wrote: > 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 follow ups on another thread, but, BZZZZZZZTTTTTT!!!! nope, tender, no infections... mark -- #-canoeist[at]dotzen[dot]org------------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [__| [__\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.dotzen.org/paddler [index to club websites i administer] ---- A smooth sea never made a skillful mariner. -- English Proverb *************************************************************************** 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 - 11:41:26 PDT
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