So, what do you do when you're heading to the ocean and wind up with a very bloody head wound?
Yesterday, I took a couple of my older @little-peppers out to South Padre Island to check things out.
We had a nice drive over and then stopped for some pizza. There is a nearby spot that I know of where there are some crabs, so I thought that I would show them a few things before we went to the actual island.
There we were, catching hermit crabs and blue crabs. It was just Pinkie-pepper, Red-pepper and Papa. I was about to lead them up to the truck to grab something else that we needed. As I was working my way up, I ducked under a tree and ended up ramming a broken off branch into the top of my head.
MY BLOODY HEAD!
Immediately blood began to gush out from under my hairline. It was very hot out, and I got a little light-headed. Since we had just began our adventure, I did not want to ruin it by heading to a hospital instead. Though head wounds often bleed a lot and can look really bad, many are not as serious as they look. I needed time to evaluate the situation.
Thankfully, I gave up drinking, so my blood was not thinned. By pushing hard on the wound, the blood flow slowed down and eventually stopped. I felt fine for the most part, and explained the situation to the @little-peppers that I had with me. They were very calm, but also concerned. Not trying to draw any unnecessary attention to myself, we made out way up to the truck and got my face cleaned off.
I had planned on recording a few videos of Hermit Crabs and Blue Crabs. With their help I continued. We had to do something while we waited. Also, since we were heading to the beach next, I thought that we might be able to attract a shark if we used my bloody head as bait. That could make an interesting video post.
When we passed by that branch later, we could actually see that it had a clump of my hair on it. OUCH!
In the end, the bleeding did stop, and by the time we got to the beach, I was able to jump in without having it reopen. I decided that the salt water would be good enough for a "cleaning job" at the time, and we got on with our. If we would have given up or went to the hospital, we would have had a much different day and I would not have been able to make this recording.
Obviously, life can be dangerous. Sometimes, it is not the venomous snakes or scorpions that are what get you, but a tree branch. Yeah, that's kind if ironic and anticlimactic.
It gave me a chance to teach my little ones a little more about things, and it was another "do as I say, not as I do" experience for them. Many choices that I make are ones that others should not. If one of the @little-peppers wound up with this same wound, we would have been at the hospital in a matter of minutes. I hope that you guys enjoyed the video. Steem on!
As always, I'm @papa-pepper and here's the proof:
proof-of-head-wound
Until next time…
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Hi @papa-pepper. I have translated this post about your headache. :-)))) You can see the translation here https://steemit.com/life/@igor-steem/papa-pepper-rasskazyvaet-svoim-melkim-peppers-pro-raneniya-golovy-samym-tyazhyolym-obrazom
Cool, thank you!
Hello @papa-pepper ! I want to translate this post into Russian. I will put up a reference to the translation here. :-)
Well written. See my post at
1.https://steemit.com/animals/@hafizulislam/10-rare-animals-that-are-on-the-verge-of-losing-from-the-world
2.https://steemit.com/animals/@hafizulislam/4y4hzs-10-rare-animals-that-are-on-the-verge-of-losing-from-the-world
Reminds me of the scene from Monty Python and The Holy Grail:
Head wounds bleed like crazy but you are absolutely correct that a hospital visit is not ALWAYS necessary. Many times pressure, cleaning, and a little bit of logic will deal with it quite effectively.
Practical lessons as unpleasant as they often are, remain great teachers
Ouch!
I'm glad that you are okay!
Way to stay positive bro!
How did the little peppers react?
They did good, they just wanted to make sure that I wasn't still feeling lightheaded when it was time to drive. Smart girls.
War Wounds
Sorry for the wound
Hello @papa-pepper ! Oh my god, I hope all is fine now ! The salt water was a good idea but still a visit at the hospital would be good you know.
Be more careful mate!
Cheers
@progressivechef
Glad to hear that it wasn't that serious of a head wound, that it just seemed like one. Your such a celeb on steemit I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to you out there as I enjoy reading your posts. Plus, your kind of an inspiartion to people. Stay safe and keep posting stuff papa-pepper!!
Wow, what a compliment! Thank you so much!
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You're happy that I got a head wound and bled a lot in front of my children?
I'm happy you are here to write about it - hopefully you cleaned it out well when you got back to the pepper patch! Lovin' your posts and style :)
So sorry you took a floggin' to the noggin! - hehe seems like whichever part of the brain that is responsible for sense of humour still seems to be functioning well though!! (great lingual burn!)
What are those wounds man. Be safe :-)
I'll be safe!
nice papa-pepper
Nice head wound and bloody face?
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Wow, the salt water healed my wounds pretty fast! I hope you are doing OK!
I think it helped! I'm doing great!
And that seaslug is awesome!
Yes it is! It was an incredible find!
Unlucky mate done it myself before today not good and in front of the kids. I half expected you to say the crabs done it . Cheers mike
Glad you're ok. Awesome slug!
Thanks Doc!
As always an interesting post. Sorry about that head wound, I know from personal experience that they bleed like hell. I will tell a story one day of an incident that happened to me, very funny with hindsight but not at the time.
Yeah, thankfully I survived! It is not my first either! Thank you.
None of it looked good, but when I got to the picture of the branch with your hair....ouch. Glad you're doing better!
Yeah, I was surprised when I found that later on.
Nice head wound but your crab is so tiny ;-)
I used to look a lot like that.
I've heard of proof-of-work and proof-of-stake.
Proof-of-head-wound ? That's a new one. :) What a day you had. :)
You and your kids seem to live a very exciting life, I'm sure they'll grow into really interesting adults because you're showing the world. It's wonderful to see a sea slug actually moving, I'm seen some incredible pictures of them but I never knew they swam like that, it looks like it's just flying through the water. Wonderful post, thank you for sharing! (And I'm glad to hear you're doing fine after your ordeal!)
OH NO sorry to hear you hit your head. Glad you are okay. thanks for sharing your journey with us. Love the photo of your daughter and the little crab. SO cute!
You are very blessed in so many things and the teaching was awesome on not going into panic mode, assessing, slowing down to let it stop, using it as a learning experience for real life for them. Kuddos to you on Parenting like a pro! Sharing!
We must take advantage of life never know what the future will rescue us
I'm glad you are alright. I'm wondering if you notified anyone about what happened, just in case it was worse than expected?
For example, call wife/friend, "Hey, this happened, I'm fine, we're at this location, I'll call in an hour to let you know it was not a big deal and I'm still fine."
Are your little preppers aware who to contact if you go down?
( I just started following you, so if you've covered this before, then disregard.)
You constantly find yourself in different situations. I noticed it=))
Ooosh! Courtesy of a branch, @papa-pepper?! Lucky it wasn't an eye thing. Head wounds are scary. @customnature and I were both professional wrestlers in our earlier lives and although there is an art to cutting your head for the effect of blood, it's startling seeing that much pour out of your skull. Glad the little ones weren't too startled. My son @guthrie would have freaked out.
Hey friend, I hope the wound was not serious and that you are better. Greetings.
Hope you asked the missus to watch you that night for concussion you know wake you up now and then to make sure all is well glad your ok if you got this posted and blogged :) be well thanks for sharing that interesting swimmer I think somebody in another post called it a seaslug ?
Yup, it is a sea slug.
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Ouch! Good lesson to teach the Little Peppers, though!
I finished running the names. Sent it to you on Discord.
ouch! wounds on the head are always really sensitive! heal fast!
Survival skills for the younglings up and personal. Most parents don't understand that children learn by example, not just words. Although what happened to you sucks, in case something similar happens to them they will be calm and be able to take care of the situation.
Yes they will. They are good at it already.
That branch got a nice souvenir!!!
Glad you are OK.
Hmmm, this sounds like a future obstacle for Steem-pocolyspe. Glad you're ok @papa-pepper.
I'm relieved, the title read a little like you gave them head wounds!!
That sea slug is really cool though, I've never seen anything like it.
A wonderful publication Greetings to you I wish you a beautiful day
Ouch! Sorry to hear about your injury, looks painful. Get well soon
Great Job at getting the situation under control and making a great situation out of what could have ended up not being so great.
You are so right. It isn't always the creatures than can get you. My toe was once attacked by the corner of a wall.
Lol!
Ouch! Sorry to hear about your head wound @papa-pepper. The salt water of the Gulf is probably a really good cleanser.
Do you know about powered Cayenne pepper? Yeah, the hot one. It will stop the bleeding, even on more serious wounds. It does burn a bit but not as much as you would think. I was sceptical when I first heard of this, but have proven it is effective many many times. Just sprinkle on the wound and if its separated, hold together a few minutes. Voila' bleeding stopped.
P.S. I always carry a small vial in my vehicles.
I hate that happened to you but glad everything worked out and you and the kids enjoyed time together at the beach.
ur gay man
Not even close.
I think you have a lil cut on your head ;)
Dam brotha, take care of that wound!
Ouch!! that must of been painful
I'm glad the head wound didn't attract any sharks! My little ones always seem way more concerned when I get hurt than when they are! Way to stay calm and collected. I'm such a worrier than I sometimes way overreact and may have made hem freak out unnecessarily!