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My Life Thus Far
Snookums' Necrotic Toe
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I'm so tired. My head hurts, my body aches. I'm just plain
tired. I slept well last night, but I had a long, busy
day, so that negates any and all good sleep. It's time for
another night of good sleep. Hopefully I get it.
I dropped the girls off, went to the gym and FINALLY got
the car washed this morning. I even bought a burgundy
Christmas bow and tied it to Pala's grill (Pala would be
my car). Even Snookums had to admit it's cute.
Snookums surgery didn't happen quite like he'd wanted it
to, but it was the best outcome possible considering. The
nurse had done all the prep work and had Snookums on the
table ready to go. When the doctor came in and looked at
Snookums' toe, he was like "we can't do the procedure.
Your toe is infected." I thought Snookums was going to
punch him in the face. He's been dealing with this ingrown
toenail for not just months, but YEARS. He was so excited
about finally getting it fixed. Well, the doctor sent
Snookums to x-ray to make sure the infection hadn't spread
to the bone (which it hadn't, thankfully) and then he did
a temporary procedure to remove the entire nail just to
get under it and clean out the infection. I was there the
whole time. It was FASCINATING! I got to watch as he
loosened the nail from the bed and literally popped it
off. He used a curette (much like the ones we used for
root canals and extractions back when I was an assistant)
to clean out the nail bed, then he used some surgical
shears to remove a bunch of necrotic tissue that the nail
had pushed under. It was a bloody, pus-covered mess, but
it was cool to watch. It probably would have been even
cooler had Snookums not been writhing in pain. They gave
him marcaine, too. Which is a long-lasting anesthetic, but
he was still in pain. He'll have to go back to have the
permanent procedure once the infection is under control.
He's on antibiotics, just like me! We'll take them
together.
Okay, I don't have anything left to talk about. Snookums'
necrotic toe was the only thing of interest I had. Ciao.
I'm going to sleep.
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