Last July, my mom informed me that she was going to have some plastic surgery done. This really came as no surprise, as she'd been talking about it for awhile. She's been getting botox and juvederm treatments for awhile. She takes impeccable care of herself, but as she's said, she doesn't feel old at all and she wants her looks to be in line with how her brain feels. A valid point I suppose - I'll report back when I'm 53 like her.
She was getting a brachioplasty and a thighplasty. Essentially, an arm lift and a leg lift. Through her weight loss over the years, she's done a kick ass job of getting herself into shape, however, her 53 year old body had been loosing it's elasticity and there was nothing the gym could do about that. She would be put out completely, which worried the hell out of me, they would make incisions in her armpits and groin, do some lipo to remove the little bit of excess fat she had, then cut skin, pull it taught, and stitch it up. Lovely, right?!?!?
She, as always, thought this would be no big shakes (she has delusions of grandeur, I swear). She expected to be back to work in no time, back on the treadmill in no time, and assumed she would be able to care for herself after the surgery. She agreed to come stay with us and let us take care of her after not having a choice about it. I was unbelievably nervous/scared/worried and then some. My cousin had just almost died from a medical screw up and I wasn't keen on my mom being put to sleep. I tried my best to support her despite my brain screaming, "PLEASE DON'T DO THIS!!!".
Surgery came and went, we picked her up and went home. For obvious reasons, she could not stand up/sit down by herself. For the first two days, she was in and out of a drug induced state. We'd help get her in/out of the recliner she decided would be best for her vs getting into/out of a bed. At her one week follow up, they said the stitches weren't quite ready to come out and that she had a slight infection at the incision site of her groin. When she sat down one time on her own, she plopped a little too hard and pulled a stitch. This got infected. Doc gave us cream to put on it, and it took a couple weeks to heal - I guess it took this long due to the location. Stitches out at 2 weeks. She got to wear the lovely compression garment for 4 weeks.
Well, here we are, 1 year later. She's in the same recliner again b/c she had to have the surgery REDONE!!!!! She wasn't 100% pleased with the results form the first surgery. Doc told her it can take multiple times to reach the desired results. I know, I know....you are probably thinking the same thing I was...bullshit, he's just trying to make more money!!!!! Well, there is no charge for this time around, b/c it is still considered part of the first surgery. Some peace of mind. So this time around, there was no lipo on the legs, only a little bit on the arms. Incisions this time went from pit down and groin down, vs the horizontal nature of them the first time. They said the procedure went well and that she did fine.
She's been home for about 3 hours and woke up, so we gave her a pain pill to stay ahead of the pain. She got up to walk a trip around the couch and keep things moving a little, and upon getting up, the sheet she'd been laying on was soiled w/ a spot of blood about 6 inches wide. We had her check and she said it is blood. The spot on the sheet was wet and new, so didn't appear to be old incision blood from when she first laid down. She blotted with tissue and said it is new blood, but not excessive. She's laying down now, and we are going to check the spot again in an hour to see how much more blood is produced. If a similarly large amount, we'll call Doc.
My stomach is in knots and I feel like I could throw up. Thanks mom...hope your thighs look great!!
