Post op

I went to the plastic surgeon for my post op appointment yesterday.  For the past week, I have had to empty 4 drains (2 on each side) every four hours and record the amount of fluid that is extracted from each drain.  I took that record into the appointment with me, and according to those numbers, the Dr. said he could remove 2 of the drains (1 from each side).  The drains were inserted into my side, held with one stitch and bunch of tape and gauze were placed around it.  It was pretty painful to remove them.  Luckily I am still pretty numb all over or I'm sure it would have hurt a lot worse.  While there, the Dr. also injected more saline into my temporary expanders.  I will go weekly for this to occur for a while.  He looked at my incisions and said that they looked good and everything seemed to be going well.  So I go back on Wednesday to hopefully get the other 2 drains out and receive more fluid.  Right now I'm progressing well with the help of pain meds and sleep :)



This is what I look like right now (on one side).  The incision was made under each breast.  The purple circle at the top is where they inject the saline.  The one drain that is left is under the purple circle.  The white guaze at the bottom is where they took out the other drain.