o_rooly Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Just tried to remove a used needle from the line on a bag of fluids that still has 500ml left in it for Aston's dose tomorrow night, and yep! as I was twisting the capped needle to take it off, hand slipped, just took the cover off instead, and the recoil jabbed the 18ga needle into the side of my gloved finger and back out in a flash. Thought it wasn't bleeding much judging by the little bit of blood that came out of the hole in the glove, until I took the glove off. WOOH! Needle actually went through the side of my finger and barely dinged the next finger over. Squished my finger for awhile under running water, then cleansed it and sprayed it with bactine, waited for that to dry, put antibiotic ointment on it, and bandaged it.I guess I'm glad Aston's current on his rabies.. though we DID treat with doxy in case he had an undetected tick-borne disease in Feb this is why I shouldn't be allowed to have sharp things.On a related note, at least tetanus isn't a concern, since I managed to merit two tetanus boosters in 2011 Quote every day a tiny adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busderpuddle Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 OUCH...................... Quote Karen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbhounds Posted April 19, 2014 Share Posted April 19, 2014 Been there-ouch. I always said its a good thing I'm not involved in human medicine-I would be in trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o_rooly Posted April 19, 2014 Author Share Posted April 19, 2014 Welp, so much for "barely dinging" my middle finger... tried to leave my index finger out of it and use the rest of my fingers to lift a jug of laundry detergent this morning... OWWWW. I gave my middle finger the dirtiest look ever There's bruising all around the pokeholes everywhere. Needles aren't kidding around! but hey, at least it was so sharp that everything was said and done by the time I yelled OW the first time. I feel a little less awful poking through just Aston's skin, not the layers underneath.. Quote every day a tiny adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest june Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 OUCH! so sorry. Sometimes those "little" things hurt the worst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Liz_in_PA Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 And it's unlikely that Aston is HIV positive... I'll bet it hurts more today, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o_rooly Posted April 20, 2014 Author Share Posted April 20, 2014 Yep! In a "surprise! Remember me?" kind of way Quote every day a tiny adventure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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