"Dermatobia hominis... "
Bot flies had clearly infested this childs leg and the mothers hands as well.
I grab a candle from the window and light it. Telling the mother to stick out her hands. I then pour hot wax over her hands. "Do not move, do not touch the wax just stand still."
I begin working on the childs leg. Swabbing the area with iodine and injecting a small amount of lidocaine the prep is done as I move on to physically extracting the botfly larva from this kid. After 10 minutes of expelling the larva from the childs leg the mother screams. "Doctor! my hands!"
I look towards her and notice the layer of wax moving on her hands. I grab the foreceps and wait as the larva digs its way out of the wax to breathe and as soon as its head pops out of the wax I grab it skillfully with the forceps and remove hit completely three more larva make their way through the wax and meet the same fate. I turn back to the child as few larva crawl out of his leg and land on the wooden floor. The parasite is leaving its host. The host is on deaths doorstep. The child stops its shallow breathing.
[–] Grifter42 [S] ago
You roll a nine. You notice faint tremors in the body of the child. The mother weeps, and covers her face with her hands. When she pulls them away, the rash has spread to her face.
[–] Anoxim ago
I stand shocked. What kind of disease is this? One that transfers so quickly. I tell the mother to go home and stay there and that the child would be tended to and buried. She leaves. I collapse.
"Im not made for this. I only have basic medical knowledge. WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?"
My mind races, all the discisons Ive made that have led me to this point fly through my head.
No.
I need to continue. I gather the supplies I had currently dropped. I put the child in a black garbage bag and leave the infirmary with the supplies.
I step out as the sound of trucks get closer, turn to the loud speakers that sing out the words of our Father. I need to use them to gather all the fighting men.