You ever have a leaky toe caused by a diabetic ulcer, and one day, you get this weird, paranoid feeling that your toe—which has been inside your shoe all day—is currently covered in blood, which has soaked into your sock?
Then you take your shoe off at the end of the day and see:
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| Whew. And we're back to no leakage out to the level of the sock. |
Whew. That's a relief. But despite an attempt to tamp in a bit more blood-stopping powder, you can see below that there's still a bit of leakage:
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| not much leakage, but it's there |
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| how things look inside the bandage after a full day of work |
Below, we focus on the second wound, caused by a combination of the repeated removal of bandages and my soft skin:
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| not bad: a few drops' worth |
Based on past performance and this latest usage of the powder, it's obvious the powder doesn't stop everything from leaking. It gets you to about 90% stoppage, but it lets the remaining 10% leak through. All in all, that's not horrible, but I wish the powder created a perfect seal.
A couple of drops is enough to leave a large imprint:
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| the characteristic diagonal shapes of torn skin |
I'll be sure not to take the bandage off the second wound too early this time.
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