Accident Report/Who said reefing wasn't Dangerous ..(update)
- Thread starter Dewman
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Another update...
Friday 11th, I went to bed with a 101* fever and nausea. Woke up Saturday, felt fine so I decided to help my wife paint our rental property inside because we are fixing to sell it.
Came home Sunday night done painting, still needed to pull up plastic and un-tape doors and windows Monday night after work.
Woke up Tuesday morning with swollen and red achey hand. Decided to go to the Doc to get the stitches out and see about the infection. Doc gave me LEVAQUIN 750mg and some PhisoHex surgical scrub. He told me that it was too infected to remove the stiches and to scrub the wound every day with the soap and take all my antibiotics.
That night, I went home and by the end of the day my knuckle and index finger was so swollen that I couldn't bend it. The swelling was quickly accompanied with intense throbbing pain down the top and bottom of my finger (tendons). No sleep that night, cried from pain, threw up and decided to go back to doc next morning.
Next morning my PCP sent me to an Orthopedic surgeon who, upon seeing my green finger and stiff swollen palm, immediately recognised that I had an infection INSIDE THE TENDON SHEATH 8O 8O He sent me to the hospital IMMEDIATELY to be put on IV antibiotics.
He was worried because I had already begun complaining about pain in the wrist and the back of my hand. He told me that if they do not treat it, i could lose my finger, or at least be crippled. So, I carried my sorry a$$ down to the Hospital for immediate admission.
So, thats where I have been for the past three days.
Constant Antibiotics. 3 different kinds. Vincasomething, cynasomething and Leaquin... Doc tells me that he hopes I wasn't trying for kids right now, because my swimmers wouldn't be working for a while. That's how strong these things are.
Anyway... I am back now. Finger has gone from sausage sized, to almost regular size. Stitches came out today, but It still had not healed shut.
A really nice nurse gave me a pile of steristrips and gauze and told me that I would have to let it heal from the inside out.
Oh. plus $450 in antibiotics to continue orally through the middle of next week...
So, this just officially raised the cost of my new aquarium by about $7000.
This 30 gallon is getting to be expensive to put together! :lol: :lol:
Friday 11th, I went to bed with a 101* fever and nausea. Woke up Saturday, felt fine so I decided to help my wife paint our rental property inside because we are fixing to sell it.
Came home Sunday night done painting, still needed to pull up plastic and un-tape doors and windows Monday night after work.
Woke up Tuesday morning with swollen and red achey hand. Decided to go to the Doc to get the stitches out and see about the infection. Doc gave me LEVAQUIN 750mg and some PhisoHex surgical scrub. He told me that it was too infected to remove the stiches and to scrub the wound every day with the soap and take all my antibiotics.
That night, I went home and by the end of the day my knuckle and index finger was so swollen that I couldn't bend it. The swelling was quickly accompanied with intense throbbing pain down the top and bottom of my finger (tendons). No sleep that night, cried from pain, threw up and decided to go back to doc next morning.
Next morning my PCP sent me to an Orthopedic surgeon who, upon seeing my green finger and stiff swollen palm, immediately recognised that I had an infection INSIDE THE TENDON SHEATH 8O 8O He sent me to the hospital IMMEDIATELY to be put on IV antibiotics.
He was worried because I had already begun complaining about pain in the wrist and the back of my hand. He told me that if they do not treat it, i could lose my finger, or at least be crippled. So, I carried my sorry a$$ down to the Hospital for immediate admission.
So, thats where I have been for the past three days.
Constant Antibiotics. 3 different kinds. Vincasomething, cynasomething and Leaquin... Doc tells me that he hopes I wasn't trying for kids right now, because my swimmers wouldn't be working for a while. That's how strong these things are.
Anyway... I am back now. Finger has gone from sausage sized, to almost regular size. Stitches came out today, but It still had not healed shut.
A really nice nurse gave me a pile of steristrips and gauze and told me that I would have to let it heal from the inside out.
Oh. plus $450 in antibiotics to continue orally through the middle of next week...
So, this just officially raised the cost of my new aquarium by about $7000.
This 30 gallon is getting to be expensive to put together! :lol: :lol:
THANKS GUYS AND GALS!
The term for my affliction is Flexor tenosynovitis.
Infection of the tendon sheath.
Just took my first set of oral antibiotics for the week.
Looks even better today. Finger feels warm, but not hot like before.
The cut is still open and draining infection, but they told me that it will for a while. Still some swelling, can't bend the finger due to lack of flexibility. I will have to wait until the wound closes before I can do any "work" on the tank again.
This sucks.
The term for my affliction is Flexor tenosynovitis.
Infection of the tendon sheath.
Just took my first set of oral antibiotics for the week.
Looks even better today. Finger feels warm, but not hot like before.
The cut is still open and draining infection, but they told me that it will for a while. Still some swelling, can't bend the finger due to lack of flexibility. I will have to wait until the wound closes before I can do any "work" on the tank again.
This sucks.
Get yourseld a set of shoulder-length plastic gloves to use for tank maintenance until and for quite a while beyond the hand is completely healed over. You could get mico or vibrio from tank water, and be out for 6 months to a year on IV antibiotics. No kidding.
seven ephors":rvjgnwmb said:
Yes, both are very nasty microbes, although I think she means "myco(bacterium)" rather than "micro".
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/Wound.htm
Here's a snip from a Bob Fenner article I consider a hobbyist "must read":
Bob Fenner":rvjgnwmb said:
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