Back to the Doctor's Office

Unfortunately, Matt got an infection. A week after the initial surgery, Matt was in a lot of pain and had a large yellow "bump" on his hip. We went to see our surgeon and he confirmed it. He made an incision on the appendix incision, and immediately puss began oozing out. It was very...interesting. Although Matt was in a lot of pain while the doctor was squeezing his wound, he felt a lot better after. Before the doctor was done, he put some medicated ribbon-like gauze into the incision. He put about 3 feet of it in his wound and informed me that I would be the lucky gal to take it out...oh boy. Good thing I love Matt a WHOLE LOT, otherwise it would have been nearly impossible. The doctor equipped us with an antibiotic prescription, a lot of gauze and sent us off. When it was time the next day to take out the ribbon of doom, Matt was excited and I have to admit I was intrigued to see what it would feel like. I began pulling on the little tab poking out of the incision. The smell was instant and disgusting, but we endured to the end. I couldn't believe how long it was and how much "extra stuff" came out with it. Matt was saying that I should have taken a video of it for the blog, and I am sure that you all wish I had. I will make sure to do it next time. What an exciting adventure! Matt is feeling a lot better now and has caught up on his homework. What a hard-worker! Hopefully our kids are tough like their Daddy