Para todo como dicen hay una primera vez, pero si es bueno maravilloso, pero si no es asi, entonces no, como la que me paso a mi, que me mordio un perro, ya les cuento.
Luego de la Semana Santa, que todo vuelve a la normalidad: estudios, trabajos, las rutinas de cada quien en lo que hace, la mia tambien como era la de ir al taller mecanico.
Me reintegre el lunes, todo bien, pero cuando fui el martes, despues del desayuno, mi mama quedo en la casa, se sorprendio que regrese tan rapido, ella estaba desayunando. Se soprende de verme.
Le cuento lo que me paso, fuimos al patio a lavarme a ver que tanto era la herida, pero al ver que si era mas o menos algo de cuidado, ella se cambio de ropa y nos fuimos al modulo de asistencia que gracias a Dios queda uno cerca y nos fuimos, yo asi mismo con mi ropa de mecanico.
Llegamos a la emergencia del modulo, estaba una vecina que es enfermera, nos dijo de ir a ponerme primero la vacuna antitetanica o toxoide, que es la que aplica en este tipo de casos.
Listo la vacuna, regresamos a emergencia, para que me viera la medico de guardia, espere un momento porque ya estaban otras personas esperando, cuando pasamos, mi mama le conto lo que paso, me vio la herida, me indico unas pastillas y el tratamiento. No me pudieron hacer el primer lavado y cura ahi, porque aunque suene insolito, no tenian pero ni una gasa.
El perro en cuestion no se si es un perro de la calle que anda ambulante o si es un perro que tenga dueños y andaba por las calles. Que de verdad me sorprendio, ya habia pasado la avenida hacia el taller.
Ya en la casa, mi mama llamo a una tia que trabaja en una farmacia para que nos diera precios de los mismos uno era un antibiotico que es para evitar algun tipo de infeccion: Cefadroxilo y un protector gastrico por el antibiotico: Esomeprazol, pero de este habia en la casa Omeprazol y tambien era bueno.
Primero me lavo bien con cuidado como le dijeron con agua y jabon azul, varias veces, luego me secaba con una gasa, me ponia betadine, me limpiaba y luego me ponia una venda, para asi protegerme unos dias, evitar que me rozara con el pantalon o en la cama al dormir.
Pense que me iban a agarrar puntos, pero dijeron que mordedura de perros no se suturan por alguna infeccion, como tampoco era tan profunda, que luego poco a poco se ira cerrando.
Tuve una semana de reposo, en esos dias llego mi hermana de su viaje, luego ella como futura enfermera hacia la cura, y me ponia una cremita que tambien ayudaba a cicatrizar ademas de ser antibiotico, ya luego no me ponian mas la venda, porque ya estaba secando, no estaba tan rojo.
Ya me reintegre al taller, esta semana no tenia dolor, pero si tenia algo de temor de poder encontrar el perro de nuevo, que le dije a mi mama que me acompañara estos dias, que creen si lo vimos, pero estaba en la calle. Es decir no sabemos si tiene dueño, porque de tenerlo, ellos deben poner cuidado con su perro de no dejarlo tanto tiempo afuera, como de ayudar con el costo de las medicinas.
Las fotos tomadas con el celular de mi mama Samsung Galaxy A16.
Portada editada en Canva.
Trtaductor usado DeepL
As they say, there’s a first time for everything. If it’s good, it’s wonderful, but if not, then not so much—like what happened to me when I got bitten by a dog. I’ll tell you about it.
After Holy Week, everything goes back to normal: school, work, everyone’s daily routines—mine included going to the auto shop.
I went back on Monday, and everything was fine, but when I went on Tuesday after breakfast, my mom was still at home. She was surprised I came back so soon; she was having breakfast. She was surprised to see me.
I told her what happened. We went out to the patio so I could wash up and see how bad the wound was, but when she saw that it was something that needed attention, she changed her clothes and we went to the first-aid station—thank God there’s one nearby—and we left, me still in my mechanic’s clothes.
We arrived at the clinic’s emergency room. A neighbor who is a nurse was there; she told us to go get the tetanus shot or toxoid first, which is what they administer in these kinds of cases.
Once the shot was done, we went back to the ER so the on-call doctor could see me. I waited a moment because there were already other people waiting. When it was our turn, my mom told her what happened. She looked at my wound, prescribed some pills, and outlined the treatment. They couldn’t clean and dress the wound right there because, as strange as it sounds, they didn’t have a single piece of gauze.
I don’t know if the dog in question is a stray roaming the streets or if it’s a dog with owners that was just out walking. What really surprised me was that it had already crossed the avenue toward the workshop.
Once home, my mom called an aunt who works at a pharmacy to get prices for the medications. One was an antibiotic to prevent infection: Cefadroxil, and a stomach protector to go with the antibiotic: Esomeprazole, but we already had Omeprazole at home, and that worked just as well.
First, I washed it thoroughly and carefully, as they told me, with water and blue soap, several times. Then I dried it with gauze, applied Betadine, cleaned it again, and put on a bandage to protect it for a few days and prevent it from rubbing against my pants or the bed while I slept.
I thought they were going to give me stitches, but they said dog bites aren’t stitched up because of the risk of infection, and since it wasn’t that deep, it would gradually close on its own.
I had a week of rest. During those days, my sister came back from her trip. Since she’s a nursing student, she took care of the wound and applied a cream that helped with healing and also had antibiotics. Later, they stopped putting the bandage on because it was drying up and wasn’t so red anymore.
I’ve gone back to the workshop. This week I haven’t had any pain, but I was a little afraid of running into that dog again, so I asked my mom to come with me these days. Guess what? We saw it, but it was on the street. I mean, we don’t know if it has an owner, because if it does, they should keep a closer eye on their dog and not leave it outside for so long, and they should help cover the cost of the medicine.
Photos taken with my mom’s Samsung Galaxy A16 cell phone.
Cover edited in Canva.
Translated used DeepL.
