Whewwww.....

[Dr Mordrid]

1. The stitches in my hand are finally out & things look good so far. Still lots of pain and in a few weeks some physical therapy will be in order, but much better than it's been all summer.

2. I can finally TYPE with both hands

3. For those medical types on MURC the labs report on the infection showed the following pathogens;

Staphylococcus aureus

Group A beta-hemolytic Streptococcus

Group C beta-hemolytic Streptococcus

Clostridium perfringens (low levels, but growing)

Close fu*^#ng call.....

Dr. Mordrid

[KvHagedorn]

Geez.. get some massive antibiotics going there..

Hope things get better from here.

[gt40]

good to hear things are getting back to normal.
But really, will your wife let you touch her with that hand after whats been on it

[Helevitia]

Glad to hear doc Can't imagine not being able to use one hand for several months.

[Elie]

Glad to hear everything is ok Doc

PS: next time you do woodwork, make sure you steralize the wood first LOL !

Cheers,
Elie

[Dr Mordrid]

Margie has ordered me a couple pairs of Kevlar gloves

Dr. Mordrid

[ZokesPro]

Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
Margie has ordered me a couple pairs of Kevlar gloves

Dr. Mordrid

You can stop bullets wirth your hands now.

On a serious note, you can now sitch hands when mas...hehe, just kidding. Glad to hear it went well.

[iKwak]

Pic? J/k

[Dr Mordrid]

Ok...but I won't embed it out of deference to the squeemish. This is after the sutures were removed.

http://digitalvideo.8m.net/hand/hand2.jpg

Yes, it's been that red. When it was first infected it swelled up to 2x normal size & the skin cracked and peeled off. This is new skin & still a bit raw.

The plastic surgeon has me wearing a pressure bandage (thick silicone pad under an elastic glove) that presses on the wound to reduce scar formation. Hurts like a sonofabitch.

Dr. Mordrid

[TransformX]

Wow, your hand looks much better Doc

About the pressure bandage, anyone who had his/her teeth straightened probably suffered worse than that for a much longer time, so it isn't *that* bad compared with what you've been through with your hand and knee. Cheer up, you're already on the express way out of this story.

[Dr Mordrid]

Yes, it does look better without that wide/deep hole in it. Had us going for a while, not to mention my feelings about the bacterial strains they found in there

Dr. Mordrid

[Adis]

Glad to hear things are getting back to normal

[Wulfman]

Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
...not to mention my feelings about the bacterial strains they found in there

Dr. Mordrid

sounds like a "normal" infection for me. besides c. perfringens of course... hope they are gone for good.

mfg
wulfman

[High_Jumbllama]

Congratulations DOC. It doesn't look too bad now. THat's at least compared to before.

[Chrono_Wanderer]

good to hear that your hand turns out ok

You can stop bullets wirth your hands now.

Doc, Matrix style