Adventures in leakage continue. Kelly called the doctor's office Tuesday and they said not to worry unless it continued more than a day. It is very common.
Wednesday morning all seemed to have stopped. Until I did something silly like get out of bed and get dressed. Now vile looking and vile smelling stuff is running out of two places in my incision. If you press on one to stop it, the other one pours faster. GROSS!!!
I also ran a little fever 100.8, so Kelly said call the doctor again. As I am again driving somewhere alone, the doctor calls back with his list of instructions. Driving a stick shift while covering the pouring wound and receiving detailed instructions from a doctor on the cell phone is definitely not advised.
The hematoma is infected and all of the yuck has to drain out. I've spent two hours in hot showers 'massaging' my neck to get it to drain faster. How pleasant. It all has to come out, so I shouldn't discourage it from draining. As you can imagine, go out in public is somewhat of an adventure. I'm also taking Clindamyacin every four hours. That will make your stomach unhappy.
Here is the summary: I am bruised from nipples to chin. I have about a 10 inch incision which is draining some horrible stuff. The right side of my mouth sags. My tongue is swollen and scabbed. I keep spitting out stiches. My speech is slurred. All my clothes are covered with drainage. If that isn't SEXY, I don't know what is.
If you can't laugh at yourself, at least laugh at me. Be glad there isn't a smell-o-blog.
Love,
Kiara
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And, if I may say, nipples to chin
is quite a distance.
I still love you with all my heart and soul.
You two need a room, I'm going to be ill....and not from the drainage/ooze. I would rather hear about that! Ah, just kidding! Love ya, and no worries, everyone loves you for your mind anyway...no problemo!
Lora
Here she comes.. Miss America....
You are beautiful to me!!! Send pictures! Bob said you called tonight. I am sorry I missed you. I will try to call in the morning after I get rid of all of these people.
My mind is filled with so many vivid images. So many.
I really like that you're doing draining things as you drive. If you get pulled over, I'll bet you could ooze your way out of ticket. And you wouldn't even have to show him the extent of your bruising.
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