I am soooo lucky to be surrounded by such fabulous people!!! My husband took a look at the incision when he got home from work today and said it looked really good and that I'm panicking. My head is still pretty numb from the January surgery, but even at that, I can tell it's pretty ouchy at the part where it was infected and open - they worked on that part a lot during the second surgery.
I have a dr appt tomorrow afternoon to make sure there is no problem. We've been told three different things about how to care for this (the nurses in same-day surgery, the neurosurgeon resident, and another nurse). I want a plan....I want to know why I'm not using something more potent, given my history with infection....I want to know how often to apply the ointment (that varies from person to person)...I want to know whether to wrap it or not at night (and if I wrap it, is it a wet-to-dry dressing or not???). What should it look like as it heals? What are signs of trouble?
I am so gun-shy now! My daughter is coming with us to the dr. tomorrow, so she can hear all of this too.
Are there other questions I should ask?
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Maybe are there straight jackets for rental? Bubblegum machines that dispense tranquilzers? I feel like I'm becoming quite the nut-case here!!!!!
Kathy