Knee surgery - part I
Knee surgery - part II
Knee surgery - part III
On Tuesday night, I was changing the dressing on my knee and it started to bleed, from both the top and the bottom of the incision. Not gushing, but more than I would expect from a 12-day old wound. (I wound up with a drop on my right index toenail that looked a lot like nail polish. I couldn't bend over far enough, and had to get Carole to clean it off for me. She's a trooper…)
I wasn't sure if I needed to see Dr. Panossian about it, so on Wednesday morning I called and left a voice mail for Dawn explaining the situation and asking her to call me so we could talk about it. She called me back late Wednesday – understandably, I'm not sure she checks her voice mail that often — and said I should come in to get it looked at by the doctor. It was too late, and he does surgeries all day on Thursday, so I made an appointment for first thing Friday morning.
When I got there, he looked it over, and didn't look especially happy about it. He gave me a scrip for some anti-biotics, and told me to keep it "actively dry" until I came back for a re-check in seven days. More Saran wrap for me, which isn't so bad except for pulling the tape off my hairy leg.
I had to call Rebecca to tell her I was on anti-biotics and couldn't keep my donation appointment for Monday.
