/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2708244
>Be me
>Doing a sailboat delivery from USVI to Newport Rhode Island
>Making that sweet, sweet dollar dollar bill with three buddies
>Food, beer, and enough ice to keep the beer cold for maybe half the way
>feelsgood.jpeg
>About 18 hours after departing, steady 20 kts off the port quarter and mostly sunny and ticking off the miles
>Young kid, either 18 or 19 comes on deck tells the actual captain and I that his tooth is hurting
>Probably nothing, but Captain is a licensed EMT he takes a look
>Wisdom tooth had breached the gumline, little little bit red - could be irritation, could be infection
>Tell him to rinse mouth with hydrogen peroxide diluted with a little water and tell us if it gets worse
>Almost two days later, winds up to about 25 ktt from same quarter off watch in my bunk sleeping off a few beers and the kid wakes me up and tells me his jaw and ears hurt
>Not a doctor, have basic combat medical training, but I know what this means...
>fucketyfuckfuck.png
>Get flashlight, tell him to open his mouth and as I am shining the light in his mouth the stench nearly makes me puke - looks like bigfoot came in his mouth
>Didn't I tell you to tell us if it got worse? What the fuck were you doing on the island?
>Turns out he went down on some boat owners daughter the night before we left...
>Get captain up, he looks, pops his dinner right out and we begin a strategy session
>Messy front moving in from the west, and we're on the wrong side of the gulfstream
>Best case we're two days away from any sort of medical facility... best case
>Bust out the sat phone and call my dentist who also sailing bro tells me what I know, got to get him to a doc he suggests we call another sailing bro who is an internist
>Call him, tells me that the infection is likely going to spread and tells us to start feeding the kid antibiotics and get him off the boat ASAP
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