I just removed a staple from a man's eye!

[Texasgal]

ASK ME ANYTHING!!! :bounce:

[Spacemom]

1. What brand of staple was it? n/t

[Texasgal]

2. I believe it was an arrow!

Pretty bad, the poor guy was in pain!

[AtomicKitten]

3. Did he mention why he stapled his eye?

[JVS]

5. I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this was unintentional...

or perhaps even done to him by someone else.

[Texasgal]

6. He was working on a roof with an electric

staple gun. One flew out and nabbed him in the sclera.... always wear safety eyewear!

[AtomicKitten]

44. maybe he was trying to keep his contact lens in

[JVS]

4. Is his eye going to be ok?

[Texasgal]

7. I think he'll be okay.

He may have some long term corneal scarring. It can fixed by a laser... The next few days will not be fun of him. :(

[JVS]

9. Sounds ok. Good work

:thumbsup:

[Radical Activist]

8. Did you use a regular staple remover?

:)

[Texasgal]

10. Nah... I used my teeth!

HA!

No, I used some sterile forceps! :)

[Radical Activist]

22. your teeth? hot

remind me to stay on your good side.

[fishnfla]

11. Lemme guess

cycloplege
bandage contact lens
Acular qid
Vigamox q2hr
RTC 24 hr
or perhaps Tobradex ung? (trust in God and pass the Tobradex, my favorite saying)

What was his IOP? Was it a penetrating wound?

[Texasgal]

16. You are correct!

IOP slightly elevated 24 O.D Puncture wound. Opthalmascope reveals nothing remarkable.

He'll be okay!

[fishnfla]

20. Good Job, Tg

and congrats on the Rose Bowl. I was pulling for ya!

[Texasgal]

21. Hey thanks!!!

It was pretty wild, he was a walk in, doing construction down the street. I haven't had a triage case in a looooong time! :) It was fun!

Yes.. the rose bowl.. it is the pinnacle for me, it'll NEVER EVER be better than this!! :bounce:

[jobycom]

28. This post

will convince Bush's Boys to eavesdrop on you, you know! Damn coded messages...

[BikeWriter]

12. Yikes! I once had galvanized slag from a nail head embed...

in my eye. It was no fun for a few days. The Doc did a great job of removing it.

[asthmaticeog]

13. Excuse me, but I believe you have my stapler...

[DS1]

14. Was the offending stapler a red swingline?

/office space

[qnr]

15. Ugh. Good work. No question, but it reminds me of an intern at a place

I worked that got a paper cut to her eye.

[Texasgal]

17. Paper cuts are nooooo fun!

They actually hurt more than a foreign object! Ouch!

[qnr]

32. Isn't that the truth! n/t

[zanne]

27. I've done that!

I was attacked by a grocery bag--had to have both eyes covered for 24 hours!

[qnr]

31. wow - I that would be painful.

:hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

18. Did you use a wipey dipe?

:yoiks:

[Texasgal]

19. HA!!!

Yes... I sure did!

I scrubbed up with a wipey-dipe before removing said staple!!! :P

:hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

25. GOOD girl!

Quick study. ;)

(and when you scrubbed up w/ said wipey dipe, did you think of me? ;))

[Texasgal]

33. Ofcourse I did!!!

Wipey-dipes and Bertha are synonymous!! :)

[bertha katzenengel]

41. oh, god . . .

i just don't know how to take that. :yoiks:

[Texasgal]

42. I think it's sexy...

:)

[Shell Beau]

23. Yucky! Ouch!

:cry: I am very sensitive about my eyes and that made me cringe!!

Glad there are people like you to do that!! :)

[trof]

24. I know a guy who nailed himself to the roof.

He was shingling an 'A' frame with a nail gun.
Stopped for short break and rested the gun against his thigh.
It went off and nailed a substantial piece of flesh to the roof.
He was working alone in the middle of nowhere, way before the days of celphones.
He said the hardest part was to keep from passing out until his wife drove out to see why he was late for supper.

[Deja Q]

26. You rock! I will ask, however,

will he need surgery to patch up the holes the staple made?

[Texasgal]

34. No, I don't think so..

The cells on your eyes reginerate pretty quickly. The eye is an amazing organ!

He may have some scarring that will need to be addressed at another time, this can be done easily enough with a laser.

The injury sounds god awful, but in all honesty... I have seen MUCH worse in the eye!

[texas1928]

29. Note to self.

Don't get anything in eye when around Texasgal.



:P

[Texasgal]

35. Well.. Ya know...

I don't treat AGGIES!!! :P

[texas1928]

36. That's cuz we knows not to goes to ya.

:P

[petronius]

30. Was it this guy?

http://annie.newdream.net.nyud.net:8090/daily/operation.gif

[hobo_baggins]

37. Did you remove the plank from your own eye first?

otherwise, you're going to hell.

[KamaAina]

38. How did it happen? Was he clearing brush?

Hey, you are in Texas...

[Texasgal]

39. Never heard of clearing brush with a STAPLE gun...

Learn something new everyday I guess! :)

[KamaAina]

40. That's how they do it in Crawford, isn't it?

:spank:

[texas1928]

43. EH I have had worse places on my eyeba... Oh wait...

nevermind.