Under The Knife

 Combined Blepharoplasty and Internal Levator Resection

AKA - Reconstructive surgery to correct the impact of a lifetime of sun, wind and gravity on the eyelids.  It has progressed to the point of vision impairment.

Before

Immediately following surgery

Day Two

Day Three

Day Five

 

Day Twelve

Meatball Surgery

By the time this is published and you read it I will either have recovered, developed a raging tetanus infection or have had to visit the Urgent Care.

I like to run around in bare feet during the summer and bare footedness is associated with all sorts of inherent risks and hazards.

I began my Friday by venturing out on the porch and managed to  impale the sole of my foot with a championship sliver of Douglas Fir.

Managing to pull most of it out I limped around for the balance of the day completing my chores and working around the yard and in the garden.

By Saturday morning I was a red, angry, festering wound.

On Saturday morning The Frau managed to dig most, if not all, of it out with a tweezers, a red-hot needle and plenty of rubbing alcohol to sterilize the surgical site.

Looking a bit better by Saturday night.  My shots are current...

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Edit to add-

I finished my day today at the Walk In Clinic. After some lidocaine the PA dug out the remaining quarter inch of Douglas fir. Five days of cephalexin 500 mg and I should be dancing.