ouch I stepped on a nail in '97 (I remember the year 'cause it was 10 years after I got my previous tetnus shot in basic training). But it didn't bleed as much as A.J.'s did and all I did was get a new tetanus shot the next day. I'm sure you've got lots of instructions from the hospital. Doubt they'd be able to clean it any more then you could, but they could give him antibiotics if it's that deep. (when I had a chair leg go through my finger nail they didn't even try to do anything. Just X-ray'd (bone was "squished"), splint, wrap and antibiotics.
Hope it missed the bones and is somewhere he can more easily avoid putting weight on for a while.
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Date: 2008-03-11 03:56 am (UTC)I stepped on a nail in '97 (I remember the year 'cause it was 10 years after I got my previous tetnus shot in basic training). But it didn't bleed as much as A.J.'s did and all I did was get a new tetanus shot the next day. I'm sure you've got lots of instructions from the hospital. Doubt they'd be able to clean it any more then you could, but they could give him antibiotics if it's that deep. (when I had a chair leg go through my finger nail they didn't even try to do anything. Just X-ray'd (bone was "squished"), splint, wrap and antibiotics.
Hope it missed the bones and is somewhere he can more easily avoid putting weight on for a while.