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November 29, 2004

Not as planned permalink

When I got up this morning, I had a plan. Do the exercycle. Pick up the dog. Ride the bike to work. Ha!

So, I was bringing Echo home. He was excited, I was excited. Got to the front door, opened the overzealous screen door, and unlocked the door-door. Echo was in, I was following, and the corner of the screen door bit into my ankle.

Now, I've hated the screen door since the day I had it installed. It's taken off a shoe, well, at least once a month, but today was the first time it's drawn blood. Sure enough, I had a gaping rip, not huge, but not small either--painful, bloody, unpleasant.

So, I learned that you can glue these things shut. It's still tender, and red, and swollen, but it's no longer, well, bleeding.

Posted at November 29, 2004

Comments

Medical glue? Or improv?

Posted by: Richard at November 30, 2004 2:55 PM

Medical glue. Isn't that wild? I guess they can use it on fairly straight rips. The med tech held the cut closed, and the doc glued it shut. I can't believe how soon it felt much better. I got home from the docs, and it was still painful and swollen, I took a nap, and when I woke up, it was tender, but not so swollen or so painful. Today, it's not at all swollen. Hurrah for medical science!

Posted by: vj at November 30, 2004 7:57 PM