Dr. Brissett

We flew out at 7:00 this morning (after we did my IV at 4:00!) and when we arrived in Dallas to change planes, guess what? They had cancelled our flight to Houston! Can you believe that? They put us on standby for the next flight and we did not make that one, but we got on the next one. We were OK since we didn't have a Dr.'s appointment until this afternoon, but it still made us nervous. We had brunch at Le Peep (YUM!) and then we walked through some shops killing time. We got to Smith Towers and looked on the directory -- this was the SAME building that we went to 12.5 years ago for my acoustic neuroma (it still smelled the same). Not only that it was the EXACT SAME OFFICE -- kind of weird -- I guess we have come full circle! Anyway, Dr. Brissett was really nice -- he wasn't even seeing any other patients! He thinks that it is not even infected (he did take a culture), just a fluid collection. He opened the incision up and drained and packed it. It looks REALLY gross -- like makes me sick to think about it -- but it is covered with gauze. We go back in the morning to have him look at it again and to teach Dave how to pack it. If I were him, I wouldn't want to do it -- it is awful -- we will see how it goes...Dave & the doc said it looks better already! Looks like we are on the right track! More tomorrow...