Saturating Bleeding

I debated not sharing this publicly because, well, I am truly embarrassed at what a high-maintenance person I am. Ergh! Some days it really feels like poor Freddy B. really married a bit of a lemon wifey.

But I know that many of you pray for me and for my family—and I would appreciate your prayers because, just like last summer’s RIGHT knee surgery, my after-SIMPLE-surgery-wound-care that SHOULD be “change the bandaids in a couple of days” has morphed into saturating blood in the night.

Poor Fred had to deal with removing everything that was soaked with blood, re-wrap the knee, and then strip our linens and head to our basement laundry room to TRY to get the stains out of my PJs and our sheets. Personally? I think they are ruined, but as the son of a large animal/farm country veterinarian, he thinks they are savable because he’s seen his mother get out a lot worse blood stains.

No immediate e.r. trip in the night. (I was thinking when I felt the drips and had to wake Fred, “Who can I call at 3AM to help us if this thing gushes when we remove all of these soaked clothing and bandages?!”) It’s not that bad and I’m really hoping it will just resolve on its own.

But I’m also finding it just a little hard to believe. Seriously? Apart from the hardware removal, this is usually the kind of surgery that guys have on a Tuesday and they’re back playing football that weekend. (And the hardware removal site ISN’T the site of the bleeding. So what’s up with that? I will just shake my head if this ends up needing a second surgery this week like my right knee needed last summer.)

Anyway — hope this isn’t TMI and isn’t too gross of a post. And really hoping this just resolves on its own. I’m not scared or even worried. I’m not angry or even frustrated. It’s just very strange and mostly, I feel badly that Fred has to do so much and I am so unable to help him with normal life stuff (more or less make any progress on big projects).

There’s grace for the moment, I know.
And hooray that I didn’t ruin our fake down comforter! That would’ve been such a bummer.

Hope you’re all sleeping well and not profusely bleeding—

🙂

Your friend,
Tara B.

PS
A little FaceBook UpdateTuesday at noon …

Hooray! Miss Laura to the rescue to keep the girls so we could go to an early appointment at the surgeon’s. NO MORE BLEEDING. (!!) We’re very hopeful that this was just a strange aberration and not a repeat of last summer’s week of bleeding / second surgery required.