He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? (Micah 6:8 KJV)
The 3M website states, "For more than 40 years, 3M™ Coban™ Brand Self-Adherent Wraps have been making life easier for patients and health care providers for a variety of applications, from securing dressings to immobilizing sprains."
And I love my lime green Coban.
Each time I get poked or cut, I tend to be a bleeder. Lot's of meds make my blood thin. I like the security of Coban so I know I won't walk down the hallways with red blood dripping down my sleeve.
Last week, I had my regular, monthly, sometimes weekly, labs done and when I stretched out my arm to be wrapped with Coban, the tech told me they didn't have any.
"No Coban? Is the budget that bad? I'll start bringing my own."
"No," she answered glumly, "We're not allowed to have Coban anymore. A tech made it too tight on a patient's arm and it cut off their circulation." I watched her place two Band aids on my arm and press on them firmly.
Lawsuits, threats, liable, defamation, blaming, cheating, lying--what else do we contend with? Why do so many people find it rewarding to do the he-said-she-said-my-uncle's-a-lawyer game? What happened to caring for humanity?
And worse, why do so many Christians engage in the same practices as the rest of the world?
I've been dealing with the very issues lately. And as small as the Coban ban is, it reminds me of the state we have placed ourselves in. When Christians join in on the blame game--we all lose.
So ban the Coban if you must, but ban the blame game too.
Of course, I'm thinking of the ridiculous threats and frivolous lawsuits--not the justified and deserving. Sometimes, the truth must reign. 8^)
ReplyDeleteThat's very sad to hear. We often used Coban on newborns because their skin is so tender and band-aids can damage it.
ReplyDeleteIt would seem to me that if you saw a certain part of your arm, hand, finger, whatever, turning blue and cold, you would simply remove the Coban. Jus' sayin'