After the first night

I had a very restful sleep last night. And the pain-killer was definitely doing its job and I have not felt much pain at all. I am optimistic that I might get away with very little or no pain. We'll see.

The painkillers still cause a lot of itching and scratching. Much of this was alleviated with Aveeno hydrocortisone cream. I could tell it worked because the parts where I did not apply still itched quite a bit.

While I did have a restful night, I did not sleep through it. I kept getting up every now and then and felt like doing things. I was not in any discomfort. Just felt like getting up.

An interesting development at night was that there was a large spot of discharge on my bandage. We called the doctor and described it and the doctor suggested that based on our description that it did not sound like anything to get concerned about. He did ask us to bound the region with a marker, so we would know if it spread.

Then someone got the bright idea of taking pictures and e-mailing the doctor. And he confirmed that things were fine and it looked normal. He did ask me to come in tomorrow to get my bandage and dressing changed.

I have attached one picture. The blue stuff is the marker.

Things are still looking pretty good.