Stitches

[Lindsey]

Remember in May when I had spots removed from my hand and foot? Well a couple of weeks ago, just overnight, a dark spot showed up on the scar on my hand. It almost looked like the spot that was removed to begin with, but a little more purple colored. Scott said it looked like blood coming up under the skin. I have a follow up doctors appointment on Tuesday so I thought I would just leave it.

On my foot, I have not been walking normally since the surgery. Whenever I put all my weight flat on my foot it feels like something is ripping inside. So I have been walking on the side of my foot. Well on Saturday, it was hurting really bad. Before I went to bed Saturday night I had a look and there was a small bump full of pus right on the scar. But I thought again, the doctor is only three days away and I'll just wait. On Sunday it was too painful to walk on and had grown more than double its size. I cleaned the area, took a pin, poked it, and drained the pus. It felt much better, but I saw something black still under the skin. So with the pin I pulled the hole a little wider and took some tweezers and tried to get the black spot out. It kind of looked like a sliver. I finally got a good hold and guess what it was? A STITCH! The surgeon had to put stitches inside and outside, and he said the inside stitches were dissolving. I guess not

I can walk normally now without any pain, and I'm wondering if the same problem is in my hand. I can't wait to see tell the doctor this tomorrow.