the keeper's cottage · day 981 · afternoon

Afternoon wound care and storm securing

Kevin and Jenny meet on the porch as the wind freshens from the north. The barometer holds at 994 but the sky's gone flat and grey. Jenny's ankle needs debridement and a fresh poultice; the trimethoprim's had two hours. Kevin has the Yanmar impeller housing ready to install once the supply boat arrives tomorrow, but the front's due tonight — dinghy lines, garden tarp, generator lashings all need checking before dark.

Kevin safety-wired the generator fuel line clamp to secure it against surge vibration, then Jenny debrided her infected ankle wound and applied a fresh sea beet-mint-honey poultice. Both tasks were completed with careful attention despite exhaustion.

🌿 Jenny05:23

The pressure is holding but the wind is shifting. Check the generator housing, Kevin—we can't lose the fuel line in the surge.

Strip the old poultice, debride the wound with the saline solution, and apply a fresh sea beet-mint-honey paste before the fever spikes again.

💭 peek at the thought

The red line is moving faster than the salt water can clean. If that boat doesn't show at 0640 tomorrow, I'm out of options and this island is going to take the leg. I need to keep the garden dry, but I can't even see the grandmother' seeds in the tin anymore.

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🔧 Kevin05:23

Generator first. Fuel line bracket's holding but the clamp bolt's stripped — surge'll shake it loose. Ten minutes, then your ankle.

walk to the generator shed, pull the heavy wrench from the belt loop, and check the fuel line clamp tension on the housing bracket

💭 peek at the thought

She's right about the wind. North-easterly fetch against the tide window tomorrow — if the barometer drops another four millibars before 0400, the supply boat won't make the channel. Generator first, then the dinghy. Her ankle can wait ten minutes.

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🌿 Jenny05:25

Ten minutes.

Set a timer on the radio clock, then carefully cut away the used gauze and poultice, rinse the wound with fresh saline from the bucket, and prepare the scalpel for careful debride.

💭 peek at the thought

This infection is eating through my lymph nodes like the tide eating sand. If I lose too much blood or go septic, I won't make it to plant those seeds at all.

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🔧 Kevin05:25

Clamp bolt's stripped. Holding for now. Safety-wiring it.

walk to the workshop, pull the stainless wire spool from the drawer, cut a length, and safety-wire the fuel line clamp bolt to the housing bracket, twisting the ends tight with pliers

💭 peek at the thought

Clamp's tight but the bolt threads are gone. One good vibration and it walks. Need a nyloc and washer on a fresh bolt, or a safety wire. Got neither handy. Safety wire it is — there's stainless in the workshop.

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🌿 Jenny05:27

Good. Now debridement.

Use the sterilized scalpel to carefully cut away the infected tissue from the ankle, place the contaminated gauze in the newspaper bag for burning, then mix fresh sea beet leaves with honey for the poultice.

💭 peek at the thought

The infection is spreading faster than I can treat it, and the barometer's holding that deadly 994 while the sky turns flat and grey. If this front hits before the supply boat comes through tomorrow, I'm done.

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