“Dr. S……’s office”
“May I please speak to the nurse?”
“This is Barb.”
“Hi Barb this is Alison H….., my son, Christopher, was hitting icicles off the roof and one punctured his forehead.”
“Did it bleed a lot?”
“Oh yes.”
“That’s actually good. Then what did you do?”
“I cleaned it out with hydrogine peroxide then put a band aid with some triple antibiotic on it.”
“It sounds like you did everything necessary.”
“What about scarring?”
And then we had a nice chat about the merits of Neosporen and Vitamin E.
Have I mentioned this is my professional life?
Yikes. Glad it didn’t get him in the eye.
I’m thinking you should skip the vitamin E. Combine a cool forehead scar with his new glasses and maybe kids will think he’s Harry Potter.
Oh Sherry, this kid has a cool skull scar, a processor, braces and glasses. He does NOT need anything else.
But he might have more.
Yes, that is my professional life, too. One of my friends insists that I should make a little flip chart: ___ many days since Samuel’s last accident. She says I’ll only have to go up to 30, 40 at the most . . . . Our last one involved my dog biting his hand, and during my phone call to the nurse, she asks me if his shots are up to date, and I say “The boy’s or the dog’s?” Um, yes, both are good. Whew.
Mr. Mort, on occasions such as this, would mention the scar preventative virtues of honey, which the Swedes figured out was a smart thing to use with burn victims. Works better than any man made product. For Mr. Mort, honey is the be all for just about anything that ails ya.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/alternative/03/08/honey.healing.wmd/
In this article…it’s the Indians (the real ones) who did a study…but Mr. Mort still goes by the Swedish verdict–and shouldn’t everyone?
When you were little you hit right below the eye. I remember Dad being very angry with you. One probably for being hurt. Two for almost puncturing your eye. It sounds like you and Christopher fared better.
What doesn’t destroy you, makes you stronger. Read and repeat as necessary. 🙂
Sheila, the Soul Brothers are going to love each other.
Dan, hello! Like I don’t know the healing properties of honey having heard from, Mort himself, all about his double blind, studies. I just wanted to wait for the wound to close.
Tanner, it hit me on the eyebrow as any aesthetician who has had to navigate my scar while waxing my brows could tell you. I can still remember the pain and… I am going to write about it, because it such a funny story. C. Riley and I fared much better although “Do you know why I said no hitting the icicles?” slipped out while blood was flowing down his face and he was in full cry.
Karen,
The difficulty is that it FEELS like you are being killed before you know you made it and feel the strength.
Dan, I have never heard about the healing properties of honey. Fascinating.
Is there a particular kind of honey your dad (and the Swedes) prefers for healing wounds and soothing burns? I see from your link that they actually have a “medihoney,” but that seems odd buying a honey bear for eating and medihoney for healing.
Do you just slap a Band-Aid over it once it has been applied?
Yup, Scott…just slap a band-aid and you’re good to go. You just don’t want to OVER apply…gets a little gooey around the edges. But it does work quite well.
I should ask my dad about his medicinal honey–he had a little tub of it, but it was hand marked by him, so perhaps all it was was a dedicated tub for dipping in Q-tips–one wouldn’t want to defile your eating honey with Q-tip lint! As to the type of honey…I think any and all types are equally effective. Just depends on what you find tasty, since I usually do a little squirt on the tongue for good measure!