The weekend

[wraithfodder]

Scraped house in prepration for painting. Saturday was okay, but today was horrid, heat-wise, so I gave up when the sun came around the house, but hmm, think I still sunburned myself in shade. See, the white paint reflects back sun. Accumulated scratches from bushes, bruises and a few odds and ends I'm sure not what they are. Gah, hope this one patch is NOT poison ivy. Hate that.

Meanwhile, must wait several days for biopsy to see if tumor is malignant or benign. I took the dog to the vet and he had a bump on his head, which i was thinking, hmm, cyst. At first I thought, reaction to tick bite so gave it some time to subside but it didn't. He's got a lot of fur so it's not visible. Only found it with fingers. So, with heartworm tests, pathology stuff, my income tax refund, which just arrived, evaporated. Never fails./

Finished the book "Burn Unit: Saving Lives After the Flames" by Barbara Ravage, which is a fascinating non-fiction book on how burns are treated, and what happens during victim's time in burn wards, plus a nice section on the infamous Cocoanut Grove fire, which (as many disasters are prone to do) helped improve burn medicine.

And in opening up a can of chicken for the cat, sliced my finger open (and minimally did the thumb too, I discovered). Doesn't look like it needs stiches but gotta see when I last had a tetanus shot...But at least the cat ate the echicken. He's so finicky! Oh yes, don't shake finger to see if you got water off, cuz that just splatters blood all over the sink and wall. Ack.

Comments

[seticat.livejournal.com]

Two places that are low on my 'I want to work there' list as a nurse and resp therapist: burn units and newborn intensive care. Not that I'm not qualified to do so, but they pull and drag on me in a heart rendering sort of way. It takes a special person to do that day in and out.

[coolbreeze1.livejournal.com]

That book sounds fascinating! You've totally piqued my interest now. I don't read much nonfiction unless I've heard good reviews about it. I can get sucked into a novel in a heartbeat (regardless of whether it's well-written or not), but nonfiction really has to be compelling for me. I think I'll look that one up at my library and check it out.

Hope your accumulated scratches, cuts, bruises and hopefully not poison ivy clear up quickly! I assume it is your dog and not you that has the tumor - good luck with that and hope it turns out well.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Poison ivy luckily isn't spreading, but have sunburn, cuts, bruises, cut finger (which is doing fine). Dog seems fine so far, jsut waiting for the vet to call back.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I couldn't do it either but marvel at those who can.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

Ow, ow, ow! Take care of yourself, and be sure to get a shot if you need it. I imagine it wouldn't hurt to have a medical professional look at the cuts, either. Infections on fingers or thumbs can get really, really nasty.

I hope the dog is all right.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

So far, finger is doing fine. Dog seems fine too. Just waiting for the call. Hopefully it is benign as have done the malignant tumor thing with three pets already. Alas, none survived :(

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks. Like I NEEDED another book.

[wraithfodder.livejournal.com]

Yup :)