I have had a bit of pain around my right drainage tube site for the past few days but figured that came with the territory. Well after letting my sister and husband look at it last night we realized that it looked pretty infected, swollen and raised in addition to some oozing. We also noticed that my right breast was also very swollen, red, and warm to the touch, which was a little concerning.
After cleaning it and talking to my new nurse sister/friend it felt better so I went off to bed with plans of calling my surgeon in the morning. My initial reasoning for calling was only because the precautionary antibiotic I was given was going to run out today and I wanted to make sure I had it for a few more days given the forming infection.
Long story short after sharing some cell phone photos with my awesome surgeon, she sent me directly to the hospital to be admitted for IV treatment for the infection rather then waiting to great my sister Misty as she flew in from Colorado this evening.
The good news is that even though we hesitated to rush back in last night, It seems that we caught the infection somewhat early, but as a precaution I could be here 48 hours for at least IV antibiotics and observation with the worst case scenario being that I will have to have a minor surgery tomorrow to have my spacer/implant expander removed.
I’m still doing great and taking this one step at a time! Although I’m now at Blodgett Hospital in East Grand Rapids, I again feel I have the best docs and nurses caring for me. Plus I get to catch up on some much needed movie time.
A big Thank you to Jan for getting me to the hospital and sitting with me for a while, to my amazing friend Sarah who offered to sleep here with me and of course to my amazing husband who has been trying to juggle a confused 2 year old girly, choreographing flights in and out of GR for out of stat sisters, and preparing the house for guests all while worrying about me.