We have a long trip planned to vist many of Lynn's relatives in conjunction with a 21 day cruise to Hawaii. We will fly to Chicago, then over the next 7 days, and many relatives we will make our way to Minnneapolis, fly to Vancouver, board our ship and then cruise to Hawaii.
After visiting the major islands we sail to California, cruise the Mexican Riviera for 4 days, and return to SanDiego.
After San Diego we will fly to Utah to visit more relatives for a few days. After. about a month of trave we will be returning to Florida.
In addition my children have planned a birthday celebraton for my 80th birthday. Since I will be at sea somewhere on my actual birthday, the party is planned for the night before we leave.
But I am getting ahead of myself. Everything is prepared for packing. I am putting all the clean dishes away and suddenly a glass crashes to the counter. I don't remember the next few seconds but the end result is hundreds of glass shards and a shallow slice across the palm of my hand.
By bedtime I concluded this was more serious than what could be handled by a bandaid.
I set the alarm so I will be at urgent care by 8:00 AM. There is a new facility operated by UF Health across the street from my community. I am the first victim of the day. A very nice facility and very nice staff. I appraise the Doctor of my impending travel plans. We decide on stitches as the first approach. His concern is some of the skin is so thin where the stitches should be placed.
Fortunately the stitches hold fine. I am given special instructions for care, and a suture removal kit. Essentially a small pair of scissors and a special pair of tweezers, in a sterile pack of course. Rolls of gauze, sterile pads and antibotic cream round out the additional items to pack. The emergency medical zip lock is getting larger.
I will finish packing after tomorrow's party.
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