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post #1 of 11
10/1/06 at 12:13pm
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Sam has a tiney sliver in the bottom of her foot.BUt I cant get it to come to the surface to get at it to pull it out. Any ideas???? I had her soak her foot but that didnt help at all.
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post #2 of 11
10/1/06 at 12:17pm
here you go - http://health.howstuffworks.com/how-...ve-slivers.htm

I've had ones, I just had to let fester out. I know that hurts. I hope it isn't glass. I think they hurt the most.
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post #3 of 11
10/1/06 at 12:19pm
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I am thinking it is a piece of a correll plate that broke yesterday. She dropped it and I swept it all up or so I thought.
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post #4 of 11
10/1/06 at 12:21pm
Another article on splinter/sliver removal
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post #5 of 11
10/1/06 at 12:39pm
What I have done in the last when Joey gets a splinter is soak it really well to soften the skin, then use one of those baby nose-sucker thingies to suck the splinter to the surface.
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post #6 of 11
10/1/06 at 7:21pm
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Grrr she wanted her daddy for the sliver, he was always the only one she would let get her slivers out. I called him mom's this am and asked her to have him call here and told her what was up. I think she was pretty much just looking for some TLC from him. He finally calles at almost 6:30 his bright idea is take her to the ER. No. that is not the answer. I got on the phone and told him that. So now she is crying, he has her all scared and I get to try and fix it and keep Logan under control who is acting like he drank a red bull grrrr.
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post #7 of 11
10/1/06 at 8:22pm
There was a splinter I had when I was little that my mom coulnd't get to the surface, she used a tiny piece of fatback (or. .what ya'll might call salt pork.. the stuff you put in beans and stuff) and taped my hand. She'd also use a little bandage with gauze and tape and use salt, it draws it up to the surface.
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post #8 of 11
10/1/06 at 8:49pm
Ed! What a thing to say just because he didn't want to be inconvienced by his own child! Poor Sam. I'm sorry her dad scared her for no reason like that.
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post #9 of 11
10/1/06 at 8:59pm
I've had someone do the same thing to me as Shona. Also a drawing salve of some kind will usually draw it to the surface. I've used Watkins salve to draw out splinters and things I love it. Even if it doesn't draw it all the way out, it softens the skin enough that it makes it easier to get it out.

Sam.

Ed.
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post #10 of 11
10/1/06 at 9:19pm
my grandmother would use duck tape hope you get it out soon
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post #11 of 11
10/2/06 at 6:34am
You can also make a poultice of sugar and soap to draw it out - old remedy's are sometimes the best

as for Ed, when you get the sliver out of Sam you need to insert a LARGE sliver in Ed's arse and make sure you drive it deep enough that he needs to go to the ER to have it removed
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