After sleeping with my reading light blazing into my eyelids, with three alarms set, I arrived at work nearly two hours late.
After reading solution bottles, like Dakin's and tetrachlorodecaoxide (TCDO), I came home and wrote it down in a Moleskine notebook...for later digestion.
After noticing that central venous catheters look just like straight arrow fletchings, I have started on a modern day, medical Temptation of Saint Sebastian among involutions of spring flowers. I will finish it in a couple days. I especially like the juxtaposition I am suggesting of the revivifying powers of human intervention/interference, which often expresses itself in puncturing the body full of holes (to receive the therapy), which are not mortal wounds, anyway. Sometimes I am amazed by the extent to which someone will suffer to stay alive, without question. How admitting oneself to the care of others manifests itself so completely...While I do not judge others who "capitulate" in this way, I will never be so passive.
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We stopped at a rest stop at Eden, North Carolina, and entering the on ramp, we saw a green umbrella twirling at the edge. A man, Michael, lying on the embankment since last night was found with a comminuted leg fracture and internal bleeding. His vehicle had flipped over a guard rail. We gave him water and called the paramedics. He talked to his wife, and was transferred to Roanoke Memorial, the nearest Level 1 trauma hospital, which isn't on diversion.
"TCDO is an aqueous solution that moistens the wound. It contains bio-activated oxygen carrier. It breaks the vicious cycle of hypoxia in a wound. It contributes to meeting the increased oxygen demand involved in phagocytic activation adequately, without compromising the physiological degree of local hypoxia required for neo-angiogenesis [6]. The bactericidal action of TCDO has been demonstrated in vitro. In addition, TCDO also has mitogenic properties on fibroblasts and new blood vessels required for effective wound healing. Haem-activated decomposition of TCDO does not give rise to any toxic metabolite [8]."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5040840/
One has to do everything to stay well, but I have amended the above. No matter how agonizing it is, and one's mindset can improve even the most impossible situation, and accepting the judgment of isolation, rotten limbs, or whatever has been the means to get our attention.
I happened to find Purple Cherokee and Brandywine plants after they were given to me, which means that I will try my best, again.
My favorite sandwich in the summer is the tomato sandwich. Therefore, I say yes to tuna, to slaw, to Momofuku chili crunch, to chevre with clippings of basil/dill/thyme, but no to bacon or honey.
https://therosetable.com/2021/07/16/growing-cherokee-purple-tomatoes/#:~:text=According%20to%20Bonnie%20Plants%2C%20a,sense%2C%20since%20it's%20an%20heirloom.
https://www.rareseeds.com/tomato-brandywine-sudduth-s-strain
https://www.tastingtable.com/1581603/ingredient-additions-tomato-sandwiches/
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