Sea Snail Found in Little Boy's Knee

[EagleRose]

3 hours ago, Broken News Daily

4-year-old Paul Franklin and his family were on vacation at the beach in Spooner’s Cove, California when he fell on some rocks and scraped his knee. Paul’s mom Rachel cleaned and dressed the wound, and didn’t think much of it. A few weeks later, the cut still wasn't healing and doctors feared he had a staph infection. NOPE! It turns out Paul had a tiny sea snail living in his knee. Paul says the incident was "crazy", and now keeps the tiny snail, named Turbo, as a pet. Maybe little boys are made of slugs and snails and puppy-dog tails after all.

(by the way, the saying is snips and snails and puppy dog tails, that's what little boys are made of)

[0pheliA]

Pictures ; http://io9.com/tiny-sea-snail-grows-and-hatches-inside-little-boys-kn-1155610519

This is actually pretty awesome. While it may horrify some people, if I popped a snail out of a blister on my body I'd be ecstatic. That would be a rather unique experience.

[TronRP]

Wonder what would have happened if his parents had continued to follow doctor's orders..."not to drain the wound by squeezing it"...?

Congratulations!!! It's a...

[0pheliA]

It potentially would have killed him. There is a reason the skin started to turn necrotic.

[TronRP]

Yeah...I was being funny because I think of doctors as practitioners of medicine...they don't know everything and I previously lost a family member thanks to it...

[0pheliA]

Well nobody knows everything... Problem is many professionals tend to think they do. It is also a profession bound by profit margins when it should not be.

That is really shitty though.

When someone brings a kid in with a wound that seems to be going necrotic, last thing a doctor should do is send that kid (or any patient) home. That is a horribly bad call.

[EagleRose]

They probably didn't have enough or the right type of insurance. By the way, I like the news release you located Ophelia. Mine was on yahoo at the following link:

http://screen.yahoo.com/sea-snail-found-little-boys-215504515.html?pt=BureoF4GVB?date=20420705

[TronRP]

I was more partial to the comments section...