Thursday, September 8, 2011

this one might make you barf

So this morning while at work i had the great honor of caring for a man with a rotten toe. Seriously this guy comes in with this black toe that stinks worse than a shit sandwich and is oblivious as to how bad this situation really is. I take his dressing off this morning only to find a black zombie toe dangling there by a tread covered in this rotten half liquified skin. Not only was this man oblivious to the horrible stench he was shocked to find out that his toe was dead and was going to fall off. Really you think that antibiotics are going to fix this mess? Anyways since the doctor was strolling by i pulled him into the room to take a look and he said. "i think you should pull off all that dead skin" What really you want me to try and pull off this toe. I asked him why he didn't do it and he told me had made too much money to do such disgusting work. Well I said i certainly don't make enough! Anyways after a pep talk from a paramedic student i braved the task and pulled the tissue off this mans foot, all the while the patient sat there eating a waffle. What a waffle you say? yes a waffle, everybody knows waffles and wound care don't mix.

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