It's That Big? 7/31/2014

That's what Kev said when we took the bandage off my cut.  He was like....OMG I didn't know it was going to be that big.  I laughed.  Seriously?  What part of he will cut me from here to there made you think that I wasn't going to have a surgical cut and scar that big?   I didn't even know I could take the bandage off.    I had taken a shower and one part of the bandage was basically not sticking anymore so it got wet underneath.  I called to check if I should do anything special or what, and the nurse said just go ahead and take it off.  She said I really only had to keep it on for 7 days and this was the 8th day.  So I started taking it off little by little.  Kev said to do it like you do a band aide and just do one quick pull.  Umm, no thank you, this is going slow cause I'm kind of scared of what's underneath.

I got this far and then it started to get a little tougher to pull off.  It was really sticking.  Between the glue that they seal my cut with and then the glue the use for the bandage to make it waterproof, this part was stuck.  

But then I was down to the end.  And this is when Kev started to really look at it.  At first he was just taking pictures as I peeled the bandage away but now it was time to check it out.  

So there you have it.  It starts just above the knee and goes to just below it.  There are no staples or stitches on it that have to be removed.  The ones that are on the inside will just dissolve and then it was sealed with some heavy duty glue of some sort to keep it from opening up.  It's really pretty amazing.  I can leave it unbandaged and can still take a shower, I'm just not supposed to sit there and let the water just hit it directly for a long period of time.  I really wasn't shocked or overwhelmed when I saw it because it's pretty much what I was expecting.  Kev on the other hand couldn't believe it was so big.