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There was great excitement one afternoon when a young woman came in with a 5cm cut to her forearm from a scythe used to cut wheat. It was a simple task to sew it up really, with the equipment that was donated by Monbulk Family Clinic, apart from the fact that I needed one assistant just to swat flies away (this was DEFINITELY not a truly sterile procedure!!) It seemed to be healing beautifully, amazingly with no signs of infection, and everyone watched intently as I removed the first few stitches a week later. To my dismay, the wound slowly started to gape, and all I could do was to Elastoplast it back together and hope for the best. I’ve never seen this happen before to this extent, and I’m not sure why – we suspect she may have gone back to work, stressing the wound, against my advice. I’m wondering if nutrition or lack of had something to do with it. Hopefully it will continue to heal over the next few days.