If our body is cut, the natural reaction is to mend it quickly, even if that means we do so by our own ill-trained hands. We will commit acts of stupidity, that will surprise even ourselves, to quell the pain. We would rather fill our wounds with gravel than to leave it alone. Such idiocy we do daily.

We must remember we our on a team, and our Captain wears many hats. His hands are steady. He can heal. Leave your wound alone. Don't fill it with the filth that is in arm's reach. Only keep clean until he comes to operate. He is never late. He will heal, even if its outside of the realm of time. If he amputates now, it is only because it is necessary to be indestructible when you come to die.

Hold on to hope, not to debris.