Photo Friday
Boy am I glad that circumstances forced me to do a late post today. Hermit's L'il Sis sent me this doozy of a picture after her recent hospital stay:
Hells bells! I'll let her set it up:
"It (the picture) was taken 3 days post-op. That would be the underside of my forearm. That’s an oozing hole near the top of the pic which I’d had covered with Neosporin and a bandaid. In the daze/haze after surgery and morphine, I pulled and peaked under the 3 gauze pads along my arm to see what was underneath. It was 2 or 3 in the morning. Holy Crap!! 1) I certainly didn’t need 3 gauze pads to stop the bleeding from the ¼” cut mark 3-4 inches below my wrist; and 2) WTF!! Were they digging for gold!? I can only think they went fishing for a vein after I was under general anesthesia."
I'd guess she blew several sites - I can see what I think are additional needle marks - until finally they said "fuck it" and put in huge bore IV. This must be a genetic thing, as the Hermit also has horrible veins and blows IV lines routinely in addition to bruising easily with needles. I wonder if Hermit's Big Sis is the same... Clive is showing signs of it with his immunizations. But Hermit's L'il Sis wins, no question.
Hope this picture didn't freak you out too much.
6 Witty Remarks:
I'm very squeamish and the picture was okay, but the description got me a little woozy. I hope HLS heals fast.
Holy Shit! That looks as bad as my foot did and he cut it all open, broke the bone and screwed it back together. Gotta admit I was a lot woozy the first time I saw it.
I guess I'm one of those lucky people who had nice, big, fat veins that are exactly where they are supposed to be. I would bet that HLS isn't much into donating blood, and I can't say I blame her.
Hope it's all better now.
OUCH. I wasn't ready to see that.
Blech! I hate needles.
Aww, come on!! That's a great picture!! The bruise is completely gone and now I'm left with the itchy scar tissue.
The hidden veins must be genetic. I passed it onto child #1 and the Hermit and I got it from Momma Hermit.
The sad thing about that picture, I have no idea why they put another I.V. in. I already had one in my left arm where I had just received transfusions. Looking back I suppose it was in case they needed to transfuse the three units of blood they had waiting for me. I lost count how many veins blew or collapsed that day. I felt like a frickin pin cushion and was near tears at one point.
To Momma Mooselet: I actually do donate blood - usually twice a year but now I'll have to wait a year before I can donate again. I have one good vein in my right arm that is easily accessible; it's just sideways/horizontal with the elbow crease. I hope you are feeling better to.
ouch ouch OUCH!!!
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