Makes the mind swim the implication of an artificial or second skin which could be used on patients. Burn victims and surgeries requiring massive scarring could all benefit from such a novelty ... I often thought in high school and college how cool it would be if I could come up with what artificial skin would be composed of. You see I had several friends through the years whom had been badly burned for various reasons: house fire, fireworks, camping accidents. Yeah, they all eventually died from their injuries, there was no way to trap the moisture the body lost through the wounds. Very sad. Even if death was meaningless to me, it still was sad to know they did not need to die - if only ... But, near as I could figure out, it would take about 15 years in college - and there was no money back then. In fact, the only reason was able to get my college in was through a Bureau of Indian Affairs grant - never hurts to a grandfather whom was 100% Umatilla.
So I was in the infectious disease office yesterday, reporting as required. He did not want me going in for a casting for a mold if there was any hint of infection left. Seems he was not so sure I was not going to be losing more leg! ARGH! But, after several test holes, he had to admit that there was no trace to be found of that dreaded infection - thank you God!
But, this started bleeding on a level you would have to see to believe - you would never question my relationship to the Hapsburg's poor DNA ever! So, my genetic defective blood stream is all over the place and he eventually had to go with a package of something I had never seen before - a second skin! OMG! It does exist today!
It stopped the bleeding - BANG - just like that!
Apparently, it will stick on for a few days and then fall off, as nature allows. If I need more, I can just stick some on from the remaining partial sheet he had trimmed pieces from.
Wow, I am impressed.
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