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Don’t Look if You’re Squeamish

Posted on June 21, 2010 5:36 PM


I mean, it’s not _that_ bad. But still mildly gross. [g]

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  1. Diana Gabaldon
    July 8, 2010 • 5:02 pm

    Dear Aislinn–

    It's luckily not stapled at all. The surgeon used an internal running-stitch suture to close the lower layer of skin (they pulled that yesterday), and used glue and steri-strips to close the upper layers.

    The steri-strips are still clinging like iron. [g]

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  2. Spruce Hill
    July 12, 2010 • 7:45 pm

    Just reading about your surgery hope you are on the mend!

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  3. Mary
    July 16, 2010 • 2:45 am

    Well, you can always tell people you were asking about a Claymore and given the opportunity to hold one you were getting a feel for it when it slipped and just nicked your knee! Lucky you didn't go through the bone, the thing was that heavy! Wasn't exactly the way you wanted to "experience" a war wound after all. (Much laughter for the stories you can contrive. Feeling sorry for the painful recovery period that follows).

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