My daughter called me the other day in tears. Turns out she stepped on a nail while walking home from school. The nail went through her shoe and into her foot. Thus starting the puncture wound fire drill.
I couldn't leave the meeting I was in to run to her rescue, and I needed to try and calm her down enough to get off the phone. I told her to soak her foot and I will have the rescue crew to her shortly. I was able to get help to her within 10 minutes. That's just when the fun started.
I'm in an important discovery meeting trying to communicate with text messaging. Not a lot of drama, just a lot of texting. Finally I am able to get home. I called my podiatrist on the way and left a message. Then I called Sarah's doctor, who returned my call within 5 minutes. Not a problem she said, no need for urgent care. Call the office in the morning and we'll check to see if she needs a tetanus shot.
The Dr. Blaine called. Twenty questions with Doctor Jim, ending with...I'll meet you at the office around 8:30. When we got there, he made three x-rays to see if anything was left in her foot. Then he numbed it, cleaned it out, took a culture and wrapped it. Three prescriptions, a get out of school free slip and a "I'll see you on Saturday" comment.
Although this is a rather bland blog entry there's a big message here. Doctor Blaine is one great doctor, meeting us at the office on his off time...when has that happened? Any puncture wounds to the foot needs a podiatrist, not a GP. And finally, if the school dress code states NO FLIP-FLOPS, there's a reason.
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