Necrosis

Mom had to have her 3rd surgery in one month today. Her incision was not healing and it had dead skin (necrosis) around it. So, the surgeon had to go back in and debris the area. The surgery was faster today. She went in at 9 and was leaving the hospital by 2.

She is not pleased with the new recovery time. They did not stitch up the incision this time. Dr. Waggoner wants to leave it open and let it heal from the inside out. This entails a visiting nurse to come to her house twice daily to pack the wound. Ouch! Mom is a bit down, because she was hoping that she would have her stitches out by now and be fully recovered and moving on with life. Due to her excess body weight and diabetes, the recovery is not as quick. We just have to keep in mind the main thing, the reamaining lymph nodes are not cancerous.

It is hard to not be in Terre Haute with her, where I could help take care of her. It is hard being the only child and not living in the same city. I hold a lot of guilt for not "being" physically there everyday to help with her. So, I call daily 2-3 times and try to be as much emotional, comforting help that I can. Good luck mom. Next year we will look at this and be thankful, for things could be much worse.