Friday, 31 May 2019

That was one mad person

a young nurse unpacks the hand carefully, taking care not to do any damage.
Her senior colleague walks in and proclaims in a loud voice that the hand should be turned over.
The young nurse finishes unpacking the hand.
The senior sister proclaims that the hand should be moved, exercised.
She grabs, before she can be stopped.
Presses the hand flat against the surface of the table
forces down the knuckle of the little finger
counts to five.
feel pain
feel 1the sutures stretch
something gives.

The pain is greater now
then it goes

The senior nurse goes away, explaining the neccessity of firmness with patients to the younger colleague. The younger colleague looks annoyed.

The wound is bleeeding now, all the sutures are loose, the skin to either side of the wound is moving laterally.

The doctors come into the room
Inspection time with the boss.
They inspect the hand and the wound

It will heal
probably.

That was one mad person.

Today is the day to go home.


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