DIY Medical Care: bites, bumps, and boiling water..

Ever look at a bite or bump on your skin and think, ” Can I treat that myself? Now y’all know I’m a nurse and I don’t advocate anyone treating themselves when maybe a Dr should take a look first, but then there’s me and those like me. And……I’ve been a nurse a long, long […]

Toes and Teeth

Update on the foot surgery. After the main surgery, as you read previously, the hammer toe didn’t do as it was told, and didn’t perfuse all the way to the tip.. Not good. The poor surgeon was upset as in his 20-year career as a foot reconstruction surgeon, he had never lost a toe. “Look, […]

Toeful Me…

Well, surgery happened. Three toes straightened, screwed and fused with hardware and a bunionectomy thrown in for good measure. Today was my first post-op visit, and I was excited to see the new piggies with no dressings. Escorted by the chipper nurse, I hopped up on the exam table ready to go. The nurse proceeded […]