Re: Emergency room

Jim:  That is a wickedly ferocious looking plant...thanks for the warning!  I'll make sure I never plant one of those things!

Melody, IA (Z 5/4)

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious."    
--Albert Einstein

 --- On Sun 05/09, james singer < jsinger@igc.org > wrote:
From: james singer [mailto: jsinger@igc.org]
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Date: Sun, 9 May 2004 19:58:59 -0400
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Emergency room

Thanks, David. It's a nasty, but neat looking, plant. Grows in SoCal
<br>and maybe in your area, too. Here's a link to a good picture of it.
<br>http://plantsdatabase.com/showpicture/23286/<br><br><br>On Sunday,
May 9, 2004, at 07:29 PM, David Franzman wrote:<br><br>> Eeh, that is
kind of scary. I'm glad she's alright.<br>><br>> David Franzman<br>> A
Touch of the Tropics<br>> www.atouchofthetropics.net<br>> ----- Original
Message -----<br>> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org><br>> To:
"Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net><br>> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 11:19
AM<br>> Subject: [CHAT] Emergency room<br>><br>><br>>> Back from the
emergency room. The short one, while weeding, got <br>>> stabbed<br>>>
in the arm by an Agave angustifolia. By the time she got inside to
<br>>> wash<br>>> the blood off, the area of the puncture had swollen up
as big as a<br>>> hen's egg. So we got to visit our local health care
provider and hang<br>>> in the ER for awhile.<br>>><br>>> No lasting
damage from the wound. By the time we got home, the <br>>>
swelling<br>>> was nearly down. Kind of scary, though, the way it just
ballooned up.<br>>><br>>><br>>> Island Jim<br>>> Southwest Florida<br>>>
Zone 10<br>>> 27.0 N, 82.4 W<br>>><br>>>
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