Kitty Chat

Sooo.... I was just sharpening a slightly dull knife in preparation to make creamy garlic mushrooms finished with cognac, when my hand slipped and I gashed my thumb right underneath the knuckle.

This is how I found myself last night at Pontivy Hospital one year and two days after the last time I was there. This time I walked in instead of being taken there in an Ambulance.

At 7.30, I booked into Reception. By 8 pm, I was being seen by a Triage nurse who soaked my thumb in Betadine. By 8.45, thumb suitably soaked, I was seen by the Doctor who wanted to know when I had my last Tetanus shot.

Erm... probably 12 years ago when I broke my leg?

Tsk. Tsk. You must have one every 10 years, regular, like a Mammogram or a Pap Smear every two years.

Erm.... lets not talk about when I had my last Pap either.....

So they took a sample of blood, found I had the Tetanus antibodies so just need the vaccine, or booster, not the serum. Got that. Now, this cut is quite deep, it needs stitches. Do you want an anesthesia? Or shall I just do it quickly? I will be fast...

(I thought of my friend out in the waiting room with my kittens...)

Oh, go on, lets do it without painkiller, I'll just be butch about it...

Four stitches and 10 minutes later, I walked out with my new French Immunization Card. Hilary cooked us all dinner so I didn't have to go back and do it.

So again, a glowing recommendation for the French Health System! And for Tranquility in Pontivy!