Albert Rodney & Victoria Jeanette
Thursday, November 27, 2003
From: Rod Murray
To: vicki@animalbrands.com
Sent: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 22:41:54 -0500
Subject: Re: Friday
VL,
Plans have changed. We won't be going up on Friday. I may go by myself on
Saturday. We saw the surgeon on Wed morning. She confirmed it was an
infection, so she opened up the incision and put in some gauze. Neither of
us saw what the wound looked like.
She really didn't prepare us for what was to come. As instructed, I helped
Lin remove the gauze -- she is left with a gaping open wound about 1.5" long
and 1" deep. I quickly put on another surface bandage so Lin didn't see it.
She got dressed and we went to her sister's for dinner.
Of course the wound is still weeping, so when she took it off the wet gauze
when we got home she was shocked to say the least. We were both extremely
upset wondering how the surgeon could have left her to go home with this
gaping open wound. We thought we'd have to go to the hospital tomorrow to
have a plastic surgeon sew her up again. However, I called Mike, our MD
friend and he explained that once the wound is infected, we need to leave it
open to the air and let it heal from the inside- out. I guess we were a bit
relieved but are still in shock. This has implications for the scar and will
probably delay the start of chemo. We are extremely upset and Lin is afraid
to leave the house. I'll stay home with her tomorrow and we'll talk about
plans for Saturday.
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