For the last week I have been whining about the drainage tubes that drive me crazy. Well at yesterdays appt the doc gave the ok to pull the one on the right. As excited as I was to be getting it out I was a little nervous about how it would feel. For some reason I thought there was a length of tubing in there that coiled around the surgical site, no such luck. Within a few inches he pulled out a small rectangular sieve... major ouch :( Then, of course, I proceeded to leak fluid all over my back and fancy surgical bra.
As if that wasn't enough he went on to check the left side and decided to drain some fluid from the expander to help with the bruising and drainage. I should have been concerned when I heard him tell the nurse to get lidocaine ready but I was way more interested in the tool he uses to find the magnetic port on the expander. A strange sensation but really no big deal.... til the numbness wore off!
My village had planned a christmas dessert get together at Big River for later that night. I got ready and my ever faithful chaueffer came to pick me up. Within an hour at the restaurant I was toast. The pain was off the chart, it was all I could do to put on a blank face. When I got home I went straight for the good meds but have been chasing to get this under control ever since. NOT GOOD!
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that the girls and I had spent a couple of hours doing some holiday baking before the appt. How is it that I am so good at sabotaging myself?
The good news, my crew is going for an extended playdate this afternoon and I will sleeping the pain away.
OH MY WORD GIRL!! Yes! Get some rest....Hope the Meds bring some relief soon!! :-)
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