05-18-2007, 03:08 PM
This brings up another point.
A few years back, we were in a 14' Aluminum boat at Strawberry. Fishing was good, but you still have to try different flies and attached to those flies is a hook.
Being in a fairly small boat, when others passed, we felt it.
Anyway, that evening after dinner, I noticed a blister on the point finger of my right hand. About the size of the tip of my finger. Wondering how the heck that happened, I sterilized a pin and relieved it of the fluid. Went fishing for an hour more from my tube, when I got back to camp, there it was again. So, I did it again and went to bed.
I awoke around 3 or 4 with my hand throbbing. We both got up early and by then it was killing me. The blister was now the full finger and to top it off, a red line starting to run down my hand.
We packed up and headed home in RECORD warp speed.
Went to the emergency room to find out I had (if left untreated - life threatening) a STAFF infection. No idea how that happened but was told, even the fish could have transmittied this through a poke of the fin.
For the rest of the week, I went to the emergency room three times a day for 45 minutes to get an I.V. and some gross stuff like peeling the skin off.
Anyway, MORAL TO THE STORY......watch wounds close and keep them as clean as you can!
$hit Happens!
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A few years back, we were in a 14' Aluminum boat at Strawberry. Fishing was good, but you still have to try different flies and attached to those flies is a hook.
Being in a fairly small boat, when others passed, we felt it.
Anyway, that evening after dinner, I noticed a blister on the point finger of my right hand. About the size of the tip of my finger. Wondering how the heck that happened, I sterilized a pin and relieved it of the fluid. Went fishing for an hour more from my tube, when I got back to camp, there it was again. So, I did it again and went to bed.
I awoke around 3 or 4 with my hand throbbing. We both got up early and by then it was killing me. The blister was now the full finger and to top it off, a red line starting to run down my hand.
We packed up and headed home in RECORD warp speed.
Went to the emergency room to find out I had (if left untreated - life threatening) a STAFF infection. No idea how that happened but was told, even the fish could have transmittied this through a poke of the fin.
For the rest of the week, I went to the emergency room three times a day for 45 minutes to get an I.V. and some gross stuff like peeling the skin off.
Anyway, MORAL TO THE STORY......watch wounds close and keep them as clean as you can!
$hit Happens!
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