Photo 365 #126

December 11, 2014December 10, 2014

I’ve been digging through my archives. Today I’m having surgery, and ever since Cricket was born, I think of this picture when I have surgery:

fingerprints

I don’t do needles, you see. And the nurse I had when Cricket was born was less than gentle with the IV needle. This is Seymour’s hand five minutes after the nurse got done inserting the IV line in my left hand. That imprint there? That’s my right hand.

Seymour: When did you suddenly get strength in your hand?!

Me: About the time they stuck a needle in my other one!

I was telling the lab nurses this story last week at my pre-op appointment because I had to distract myself somehow. They were all very nice nurses, but it took three of them to find my veins and get the necessary blood samples, and now I have two lovely bruises on my forearms.

But now I’m going to go. I’ve got things to dream, see, so I’ll see you back here sometime over the weekend. Have a great Thursday!

Published by Kay Kauffman

A geek to the core, I reside in the midst of an Iowa cornfield with my husband and four children. When I'm not chasing the kids every which way but loose, you can find me penning fantastical tales of great heroism and twue wuv...and possibly procrastinating online. View all posts by Kay Kauffman

7 thoughts on “Photo 365 #126”

Rajiv says:
December 11, 2014 at 4:50 am

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All the best to you..

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- Kay Kauffman says:
  December 16, 2014 at 1:56 pm
  
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  Thank you! Surgery went well, but it took a little longer than expected. So has my recovery.
  
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trentpmcd says:
December 11, 2014 at 6:08 am

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That’s an impressive photo! Good luck with your surgery!

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- Kay Kauffman says:
  December 16, 2014 at 1:59 pm
  
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  Thanks! We took the picture because we knew there was no way anyone would believe us without photographic proof. Of course now, after this last surgery, I have several more holes in my arms and some intermittent tingling in each hand (the right one is the worst), but hopefully the fifth time was the charm and I’m done having surgery now.
  
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M T McGuire says:
December 17, 2014 at 4:41 pm

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Hmm… that’s some grip you have there. Rock on StarTrek needless diffuser hypodermics then, I think.

Cheers

MTM

PS Long time no see, I know. I blame Christmas. And flu.

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- Kay Kauffman says:
  December 18, 2014 at 11:34 am
  
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  I could totally handle a hypospray. Hope you’re feeling better! That flu is nasty stuff – Bubbles is currently recovering from his first-ever bout of it. Glad to see you back round again! 🙂
  
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  - M T McGuire says:
    December 18, 2014 at 4:53 pm
    
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    Yeh, there’s a lot of it about. I have been running around like a headless chicken. 😉
    
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