Monday, 13 May 2019

scar

wake in the early morning, awake slowly .
A nurse comes in. She says that today is the final day in the hospital.
Put on the heavy jeans, the ones worn last Wednesday. put on the street shoes.
sit at the table.

The physiotherapist arrives 
She takes one look and is doubtful
her expression critical

Then the doctors arrive
The younger ones stand in the background
The aenior doctor sits down
looks at the hand and the mutilated little fimger and says:
" it's swollen"
" lt's hot"
" we will not let you go home like this"
Later on, ona drip with painkillers
even later, one with antibiotics
The physiotherapist moves the finger joints
It does not hurt anymore
The shock has made the legs go cold
lcy
but they are not and the body temperature is normal, the nurse had measured it in the ear.
again.
The assistant doctor squeezes the pus out of the cracks in the scar  on the hand.
She takes a sample for the lab
Later, another infusion
then sleep all day




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