We took Aimee in for her Post-Op appt with the Orthopedic surgeon this afternoon. We felt pretty good about how most of the lower incision looked, except for 2 spots near eachother that had still been solidly draining. The surgeon started off by saying that parents usually think the site is worse than it is, but that he could understand why we might be a little gun shy after our previous experience. Then Ed opened up the dressing (which the surgeon was pretty impressed with Ed’s dressing contraption). Basically, the staples were able to be removed (hooray!), but there was one particularly bad area that he hummed and hawed over for several minutes. He decided to probe around the spot and was surprised to find that there is a good size cavity in the facia. It is about a 2.5 inch unhealed pocket under the skin. He determined that we would need to tightly pack the cavity twice a day to wick away the fluids, which should hopefully allow it to heal. Aimee has to go back in next Monday, but he said it will probably be a couple week process.
Poor Aimee. It was really hard to allow him to probe and prod the wound that way after we have been so carefully tending to it. She was so patient. Honestly, packing open wounds is really, really difficult for me to do, especially on my girl. Ed is bravely taking on the task. It is hard to believe how much wound care is put in our inexperienced hands.
Positive news, Aimee did have x-rays done and everything looks great inside. It was fascinating to finally see what was done, but hard to believe those giant screws going into her pelvis. It is incredible how much this girl has to endure and how well she handles the challenge.
Walter and I waited patiently for Ed and Aimee to return from the Radiology department. The 4 of us are heading back in tomorrow for more appts. As the surgeon said, yes, we have to do the wound care, but at least we are home. We are thankful to be in our own beds and to be able to make the decisions here for Aimee’s care.
No comments:
Post a Comment
We love to read your comments and encouragements! Messages to Aimee are always welcome too. I will definitely read them to her. :)
Please be aware that I do moderate comments, so it will not appear immediately. If you have any trouble commenting, feel free to email us your thoughts to edr2005@gmail.com.