{"id":37374,"date":"2019-08-16T07:13:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T14:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=37374"},"modified":"2019-08-16T07:13:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-16T14:13:36","slug":"no-fun-today-im-having-op-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/08\/16\/no-fun-today-im-having-op-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"No “Fun” Today \u2013 I’m Having OP Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’ll be no “Fun”<\/em> posted this week as I’m having Out-Patient Surgery this morning for a leg abscess.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, July 27th<\/sup> I leaned over while in my desk chair to get something that was clearly out of my reach because the chair tipped over and I landed on the handle of an antique iron.<\/p>\n

Before electricity, they used solid iron irons that you had to heat on the stove \u2013 and those suckers are heavy.<\/p>\n

I developed a giant goose-egg hematoma that became Red, Hot, Swollen & Tender (RHST), so I went to my PCP’s Walk-In clinic on Friday, August 2nd<\/sup>. The Nurse Practitioner put me on Keflex, but since I didn’t see much progress, I went to the Wound Care Clinic this Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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The Nurse Practitioner (who I saw for my 36 days of antibiotics for my cat-bite cellulitis \u2013 and is excellent) confirmed my concern: abscess.<\/p>\n

But I was shocked that the Wound Care Clinic does not drain abscesses.<\/p>\n

So I had an Ultra-Sound done yesterday to be sure it’s walled off (it is), and will see the general surgeon this morning for a probable Incision & Drainage (I & D).<\/p>\n

But I’ll share a cute cat Tweet:<\/p>\n

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Dot chasing #cats<\/a> #CatsOfTwitter<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/A55cVKLeVc<\/a><\/p>\n

— Ms. Laika the Husky \ud83d\udc36 (@Huskyinfinity) August 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n