Cassi Creek:
Temperature fell to 35°F last night and is forecast to fall to 31°F
tonight. We fired up the wood stove last
night and by midnight; nearly the entire house was shirtsleeve
comfortable. Wood for tonight is inside
with some thicker pieces to put into the stove when we have a good bed of coals.
There was
still a workable bed of coals at 0430 had I wanted to spend 15 minutes or so
playing with the stove. By 0800 there
were still a few pencil eraser specks of orange to be found but I cleaned them
out with the ashes and took them outside in ash bucket.
Made a trip
into the ER at Mt Home today. I
developed a friction related infection in my right earlobe. I’ve had several smaller lesions that I thought
stemmed from ingrown hairs. Apparently,
this larger and more annoying one may be the parent lesion. Or, it may be the development of a mob of
lesions to come. When it became too annoying,
I decided to unroof it and express it.
Bad angle to work at so Gloria took over for me. She got only sero-sanguineous return. I finally gave up and decided that an ER trip
was justified. After all, that’s a very undesirable
area for infections.
At Mt. Home,
the check-in was very efficient. I was
logged in, labeled, and into triage in less than 5 minutes. It took about 45 minutes to move me into a
treatment room. The physician on duty
looked at my ear and asked what, if anything, I had done by way of
treatment. I told him the whole story
about the massacre and he proceeded to do the same thing I had done. Unroof and express. He was a bit more aggressive in the
expression portion of the dance. But he
was able to locate and remove purulent material. Sent me home with care instructions and said
no antibiotics were indicated. Return if necessary.
I left home
at 1130 this morning and was home at 1500.
Overall, this was a very satisfying ER trip.
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