Published on Sunday, May 20, 2012 by Katherine How to remove a splinter may be putting it delicately.  Because this weekend, my daughter had to perform surgery on her own foot. In my eyes, however, she was not removing a simple splinter from her big toe, but a giant tree of death. Saturday I left my daughter and her friend with two 18-year-olds while my mother and I took a 20-minute trip up the street.  After g...