Friday, July 18, 2008
My nurse duties for the day.
Last Sunday night, Braden was playing with some other kids when he went head first into a piece of metal. The gash on his head resulted in a trip to the ER and three staples.
The doctor in the ER gave us the tool to remove the staples. He said we could take them to Braden’s doctor and let her remove them. Becki talked to several friends who are nurses and they all said they would take them out if we wanted them to. They also said it wasn’t a big deal and we could do it ourselves. Becki wanted nothing to do with that, so today I got to take staples out of Braden’s head.
First, I had to figure out how to use the staple remover they gave us.
After scrubbing my arms up to my armpits (that’s how they do it on TV), I suited up for the procedure:
Ok, I don’t have proper nurse attire so I had to improvise.
Within just a minute, all three staples were out. Braden didn’t even flinch. What a trooper! And that concludes my nursing duties for a while. At least I hope I don’t have to change a catheter or bed pan anytime soon.
