Surgical Incision & Text/Email Chain Photos

Teachinmama functions as my journal, and so once in a while I put something very personal in it. This is one of those times - I am posting photos of my incision from my recent distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy because I want to remember them.

Beware - if you are squeamish, this may not be the post for you.

 At home, three weeks post op. The steri-strips did not fall off on their own as they should have

 so I had to peel them off. The visiting nurse suggested that I take every other one off

 and work my way down my belly.

 The scar was raised a bit from the steri-strips having pulled it up, but that soon went down.

 Leslie wanted to see my scar (she'd just had back surgery), so I took a photo of my front and of my own spinal fusion scar from 2016 to share with her.

 It's pretty long!

While I was in surgery and in the hospital, Craig did a texting and email chain with our kids and my closest friends. Nancy Kelly volunteered to pass his texts on to some of my hobby friends.

Here's that video app that Todd was hoping for!

I don't think I said anything too loopy!

Once home, Nancy Sattler brought me a beautifully presented chicken salad meal.

 with a yummy chocolate pudding dessert.