last saturday my husband and daughters and i were walking down a trail to a beach. my knee gave out and needless to say i hit the ground. i scraped up my knee pretty bad and my shin and foot. my shin and foot have healed fine. we were unable to completely clean my knee at the time because we were an hour away from home and i didn't have a first aid kit nearby. so we improvised and poured sea water on it and i cleaned what dirt i could out of it. yesterday i noticed that it was red and pretty warm so i had my hubby look at it and he said it looked alittle infected, so he went back in and deep cleaned it with alcohol (for as bad as that hurt it better have done some good!). so we've been putting alcohol on it 2 a day. today, its nowhere near as red, but its still pretty warm, and its alittle swollen, not bad...but enough for me to notice. it hurts alittle but not much. what is the possibility of infection? and what can i do to clear this up without having to visit a doctor?? thanks guys
2006-07-29
10:22:39
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americancntrygrl03
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