A Revelation

[persiflage_1]

Who_Daily Link: < a href="http://persiflage-1.livejournal.com/148091.html">A Revelation by < lj user=persiflage_1> (Characters: Martha/Nine | Rating: G | Spoilers: 1.04 & 1.05

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[neadods]

Good for Martha, not letting him sweet-talk his way back in!

(One nitpick - 3 days is a very short time for stitches. More like a week. Or two.)

[persiflage_1]

Good for Martha, not letting him sweet-talk his way back in!

She'd be daft if she did!

(One nitpick - 3 days is a very short time for stitches. More like a week. Or two.)

Thanks. I meant to check that, and then forgot (got distracted, bad Pers!) I'll edit it.

[bewarethespork]

Oh, dear, I probably should have picked that one! So much for medical student expertise... :P

[persiflage_1]

To be fair, I should have checked. I had every intention of doing so, but got distracted...

[bewarethespork]

Mind you, I've seen wounds that have healed so well after 24 hours that you could almost get away with removing the stitches! Of course, that's a fairly significant 'almost'...

[persiflage_1]

I don't think it'd be likely in this case though!

[bewarethespork]

You know, I think you're right. :)

I know that with patients who are really uncomfortable with stitches, the doctor can sometimes use a dissolving suture, but I've only ever seen those in ophthalmic surgery, and I know the doctor with whom I did my placement prefers a silk suture that has to be manually removed later because the wound heals more neatly that way.

...Gosh, that sounded a little nerdy, didn't it?

[persiflage_1]

LOL! It did, but that's OK!!

[bewarethespork]

My inner medical student chooses the oddest times to assert herself!

[persiflage_1]

Heh! With me, it's the inner historian that usually breaks out!

[bewarethespork]

That could be potentially useful to a fanfic writer...

[persiflage_1]

Yes!!