(Pre-Minor Surgery)
One of the first words I learned when I arrived in Berlin was Seeigel (sea urchin) because how else was I going to explain my slight limp or my swollen, pussy foot. But here I am exactly 2 weeks after meeting my Seeigel, finally figuring out how to get rid of him. After a long walk around Berlin this morning I took my shoe off to find some really cute puss/juice/blood in my sock and that my spines had grown. In other words, the critters were alive and growing inside my foot. vomit.So I took matters into my own hands, emailed my partners in crime (Ellen and Elisabeth) and found out that I needed to peel back all of the skin in that area of my foot and (yes I know this is gross) pop the swollen spines like zits. gross. So I brought out my oh-so-sanitary nail kit and started digging. And after peeling back the skin and squeezing really hard, centimeter long black sea urchin spines shot out of my foot. So after some tears and close encounters with curse words I have pulled out a little more than half of the spines in my foot. Enjoy the gory pictures! And don't worry I've already called ABC and given them the idea for a Grey's Anatomy episode.
(Some of the spines, post surgery)
2 comments:
OH MER! That sounds terrible... If I had been there, I would have continued my first round of surgery. I am glad, however, that your foot is doing better! I MISS YOU and cant wait to see you soon! xoxo
I love Grey's!
sounds like you need to learn how to say hydrogen peroxide in German.
love you!
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