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They eat side by side, play as a team, and sleep close to each other. On the side note, there was a wound on the right ear of Scooby the dog since the day we started bathing him. I’m not sure where he got it. We initially thought it’d heal on its own but it didn’t. When we were there bathing him 2 weeks ago he was rather disturbed by the wound. So last week, I decided to rinse it with warm sea salt water. Today when we went back for his bathing session, we saw that it’s starting to heal! An old friend of mine purposely IM-ed me this afternoon to tell me that she was laughing when she was reading the post about me falling down in the middle of the road. I didn’t ask which part or what she was actually laughing at, though she did mention that she thought it was funny. Yeah right. It was already so painful that I thought it’s better for me to make fun of myself. Anyway. We chatted a while and I was telling her about how difficult it was to take a bath after I got all the wounds and dressings all over myself. When I took the first bath after I fell down, I actually wondered how I landed. You see, of all the major wounds, I got the biggest one on my left knee, a smaller one on my right elbow, and another one on the left side of my chin. Yes, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, with a few minor scratches on my right knee. How on earth did I land? As you can probably imagine that I have no proper knowledge on first-aid or bandaging at all, I made use of what I had in hand – washed the wounds, applied antiseptic cream, covered them with facial cotton (OK this doesn’t sound right) and secured them with some surgical tape. So when I was bathing, though I will be changing the dressings after that, I still wanted to make sure no water will touch any of the wounds – come on, this is painful! And with my awkward wound-positions, can you imagine washing your hair with your left leg lifted up, right hand holding high, and head leaning towards the back so water from the shower wouldn’t reach your chin? Awesome. When I talked to my mom who also had a minor injury recently, she recommended me to use a rather-expensive-but-totally-worth-it dressing. I’m sorry if I sound outdated, but as mentioned, the last time I fell down was god-knows-when.
A waterproof dressing. That is bacteria proof with sterile film. That is flexible with ultra-thin breathable film. And most importantly, that has non-stick pad to help reducing pain during removal. It’s really not fun trying to separate the facial cotton from my flesh and blood twice a day. So my dear old friend who had laughed so hard, make sure to invest in at least a box of this, because you’ll never know when it’s your turn. And when it is, I’ll make sure to call you up. And laugh. BWAHAHAHAHA!!! – Ooops, too early. So we have two dogs. A Golden Retriever named Xiao Bi and a supermutt named Coco. They are lovely dogs. I love that they are so active and energetic everyday and that they love running around the yard chasing among themselves. And they don’t care if they have knocked down a planter or two – they will turn around and bark and them, as if the planters shouldn’t be there blocking their way in the first place. Oh talk about the messiness! But. I hate the way they greet other dogs, and the way they react when they are not appropriately greeted by other dogs. You wanna know what will happen when they do it their way? There will be wounds and bruises on my knees, elbows, and chin. Oh and not to forget that pain on my hip too! Yes that’s what my dogs did to me last Sunday. I took them out for our usual evening walk as me and Wah had a little argument and I thought it would be great for me to handle them more by myself so they could see me more as their pack leader too – by the way, I occasionally handled them and used to walk them so I didn’t think it would be a problem. But when we saw a neighbour and stopped to talk for a while, and another neighbour’s dog came barking and trying to snip them, they went all crazy. Just when I thought I’ve settled them down and wanted to turn and start walking again, Xiao Bi wanted to approach the dog so badly that she knocked me down and dragged me along! I don’t wanna talk about how embarrassing it was falling down in the middle of the road with so many people looking at me. I wanna talk about how painful the wounds are. The last time I fell down was god-knows-when, and despite constantly telling my little niece lately that when she falls down she doesn’t have to cry and should get up on her own, the fact is I didn’t even remember how it feels like falling down! AND NOW I REMEMBER! Urgh! So the neighbour sent me and the dogs back, and I immediately washed up the wounds under running water. AND DAMN IT IT WAS SO PAINFUL that my tear would come down any moment. But little niece followed me everywhere to see me cleaning them so to live up to what I said to her, I cannot cry. I CANNOT CRY! But I cursed. So people. Please be nice and don’t ask me out for the next 1-2 weeks. Not until at least that bump and scratches under my chin are gone and my wounds are starting to heal that I don’t have to put cotton wool and patches all over myself. |
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