During the recovery process, we bought a camper so we have spent alot of time at the lake with the kids and some great friends. They have seemed to enjoy it and we have already made so many memories. The summer ended quickly especially when I was out of commission for 3 of the 6 weeks they had. I hated to see them go back but the kids were excited to get back into the routine and it was nice to see our school friends and parents that we had not seen during the summer.
This weekend started out great and then I had a minor setback. My incision opened up last week and when I went to the dr, they just tried to close it with surgical tape. It happened again Saturday and caused a bacteria infection so the expander had to be taken out. Apparently my skin was weak and the blood didnt circulate good at the incision site. It was a small piece that opened but it only took a second of exposure before the infection set in. It was a good thing I did not emerge my body into the lake water-no telling what would have happened then. I noticed the site had opened and I had a lot of drainage so I called after hours and went to the office on Sat afternoon. Little did I know that the Dr would cut me open right there and then. I was awake (but numb) and I was so scared. What a weird day Saturday turned out to be. Now I have to wait at least 6-8 weeks to start the reconstruction part.........all over again!
I am hoping to update the blog more often and hate that I only seem to update when I am posting bad news. I will work on that and try to post a "just because" post.
