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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jun 29, 2008 14:00:16 GMT -5
"Excuse me? Bleed... To death? Isn't that a little, I dunno... extreame?!?"
"Entirely possible, but not too likely immidiatly..."
Turning round as the pair drew level, and then passed her, she followed on behind them, and at a quick pace.
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Post by Linx Exotic on Jun 29, 2008 14:03:44 GMT -5
"Yeah, the fact that you have a piece of metal holding the wound open is gonna be a bit of an issue... You're bleeding, but slowly. Good thing the spikes weren't that thick." Judging by the shape of the wound, only one of the spikes had actually broken off inside Lars. It was obviously not barbed and wouldn't be hard to remove, but in the meantime, Dengoo was left looking at it with concern as he strode up to the fort gates.
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jun 29, 2008 14:17:41 GMT -5
"And yet... You didn't tell me? Were you trying to keep me from being worried or something?"
"Stop over-reacting... You're worse than your sister... She doesn't over-react when she's injured... She UNDER-reacts."
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Post by Linx Exotic on Jun 29, 2008 14:22:46 GMT -5
"I thought you noticed, Lars, you have a... Thing in your shoulder." The bleeding was slowing, which wasn't actually good. The wound couldn't just close on them or the piece of the flail would be stuck inside. As he finished talking, though, Dengoro entered the sickbay and revealed the large main room inside. "Here..."
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jun 29, 2008 14:53:15 GMT -5
"I noticed that there was something in my shoulder... Namely a hole..."
"Just go sit on a free bed.. I'll go and get the bandages and forceps... And is there anything else you want to tell me about the injury before I go?"
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Post by Linx Exotic on Jun 29, 2008 14:56:00 GMT -5
"Who, him or me?" Dengoro didn't wait for an answer before speaking. "Yeah, I think it broke his shoulder, so... Watch out for bone fragments. It's the metal you want out, I presume." He chuckled dryly before turning to Lars and gesturing to a few empty beds in the room.
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jun 29, 2008 15:11:42 GMT -5
"I'd better go get some splints as well then... And a sling in fact..."
Going off, Zahi returned moments with the medical items, and was soon at work removing the metal fragment, and then setting the broken shoulder... Before bandaging it up with a pair of splints.
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Post by Linx Exotic on Jun 29, 2008 15:13:59 GMT -5
Dengoro found himself watching with sheer impassivity. He'd seen so much violence and gruesome acts in his life that this had very little effect on him. While Zahi was bandaging Lars' shoulder, though, the skunk couldn't resist comment. "No anesthetic for Lars for that whole thing, then, huh?"
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jun 29, 2008 15:36:37 GMT -5
"None needed. Hurts less to get it out, and about the same to set the bone. Then a lot less to splint and bandage it."
Throughout the entire ordeal, Lars was just sitting there biting his lip and trying to not cry out.
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Post by Linx Exotic on Jun 29, 2008 15:39:40 GMT -5
"Have you ever had an operation like this done on your own self, Zahi?" Dengoro found it hard to believe that it was that painless. Judging by the look on Lars' face, it was absolutely excruciating, not that the mouse would complain to his own mother about operation quality. "Typically, with operations like this, I've found it's normal to... Get the patient drunk."
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jun 29, 2008 16:41:35 GMT -5
"I'd say I have, but I'd be lying... Closest would have been while I was unconcious some years ago... Busted leg and an arrow though the calf."
Packing everything other than the forceps, Zahi peoseted said tool onto a try, along with the remians of the spike.
"All done anyways."
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Post by Linx Exotic on Jun 29, 2008 16:46:17 GMT -5
"You sure you got all the spike? If any is lodged in there..." Dengoro couldn't help but worry. The whole operation seemed dubious at best. He hadn't even seen Zahi sterilize before and after the operation, and she was qualified, apparently. It didn't rub off on him well.
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jun 29, 2008 19:03:53 GMT -5
"Dengoro, are you a trained and qualified medic? No? Then don't ask me if I'm sure I got everything or not."
Taking the tray with her, Zahi moved off to clean her paws off, clean the forceps and dispose of the spike.
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Post by Linx Exotic on Jun 29, 2008 19:06:29 GMT -5
"No, but you didn't sterilize," Dengoro pointed out quietly. He knew a flaw in medical procedures when he saw one and this was a blatant violation of basic protocol. You had to sterilize the wound or else it would be subject to infection, and apparently that was what Zahi wanted with her son. "Why didn't you sterilize?"
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Post by Raiden, Zahi, Lars and Ama on Jun 29, 2008 19:13:54 GMT -5
"I used sterilized instruments, and one of the vials I used contains a sterilizing agent. I don't make a big fuss in what I do, nor do I make it obveious that I've sterilized already. I know how to do my job, so don't try telling me how to do it."
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