I went to the surgeon’s office today to have my staples removed. (There were 25 staples, I counted them.) As the nurse practioner finished taking them out she yelled “I need a doctor in here”. Not what you want to hear when you know you’re the only patient in the room. Apparently my entire wound opened, due to devlopment of a seroma. I will now need a nurse to come out twice a day to pack the wound with wet to dry dressing. I am to return to the office in a week when Dr S is back from vaca and see what he wants to do. The np said she thinks me might want to sew or staple the wound up. She bandaged me up like a mummy and sent me on my way.
A nurse came out and taught my Dad how to pack the wound and change the dressings. She says insurance won’t pay for twice a day. Insurance says they’ll cover whatever is requested as long as I’m in network and they haven’t received any request yet.
Seroma
A tumour-like mass or accumulation of serum in a tissue or organ that often occurs following surgery. The serum is a clear fluid consisting of cells and plasma from nearby blood vessel damaged during surgery. This fluid will not clot and contains albumin, fat, and red blood cells. It is clear and yellow in color.
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