I look after my elderly mom. She is on Coumadin, an anticoagulant... so she bruises easily.
She took a tumble almost two weeks ago. Neither of us had realized she bumped her head, until the goose-egg showed up. Huge, I'm tellin' ya.
We finally went to her doctor, who sent us to the wound care center at the local hospital.
The surgeon there opened and drained the wound, but it is up to me to clean it daily and change the dressings. It has to be kept open to heal properly.
It's all I can do not to hurl... I won't give gorey details, but ughhhhhh..... Blech....
I have always had respect for doctors and nurses. Any of you who do this for a living, kudos to you. I couldn't...
She took a tumble almost two weeks ago. Neither of us had realized she bumped her head, until the goose-egg showed up. Huge, I'm tellin' ya.
We finally went to her doctor, who sent us to the wound care center at the local hospital.
The surgeon there opened and drained the wound, but it is up to me to clean it daily and change the dressings. It has to be kept open to heal properly.
It's all I can do not to hurl... I won't give gorey details, but ughhhhhh..... Blech....
I have always had respect for doctors and nurses. Any of you who do this for a living, kudos to you. I couldn't...