Tuesday, November 15, 2005  septic stob wound  the thorny honey
locust tree has very dangerous 2"-3" thorns growing around its
trunk. coincidentally these trees allegedly make excellent
corner posts. i fell two of them to use for our nimue (the cow)
fence. while wrestling one of lengths into proper corner hole
position i noticed that i didn't cut every single thorn off the
log. i knew this by the massive hole in my leather glove and
hence the center of my hand. these thorns have some kind of
poison that guarantees that infection is assured. another
characteristic of the thorn is it has a break point kinda like a
lizards tail. this little tip ALWAYS stays in any puncture
wound. i have been soaking my hand regularly and getting loads
of puss out of it. yesterday i tried to go to work but i had no
strength in my hand and had to leave early due to severe pain.
tabitha says it's no big deal and people get them all the time.
now my hand is swollen and practically unusable. it's 3:30 am
and i can't sleep so i decide