I spent most of yesterday with my leg elevated up above my heart, which is not easy when you have to keep piling up pillows and then try not to move your leg off them all while dozing! I tried to sleep as much as possible to help pass the time as well as to help make the lessening of the swelling happen without making me totally nuts.
I finally woke up late last night and got up to talk with Bratfink for a bit on one of our game sites. We played a couple bingo games together and then both signed off for some sleep (yes, I slept even more!). It's like I can't sleep well enough with all the pain from the swelling and so I always feel half dopey. By the time I actually wake up, the leg starts right back into swelling up and it becomes a round robin.
The seepage? It's as bad as ever. When I woke up a bit ago, I had apparently tucked in the hemline of my dorm shirt into the area that was seeping. It was totally soaked darn near halfway up!
The Beast keeps trying to feed me but he doesn't understand that, right now, it's fluids I need, not food. I really don't have an appetite. If I manage to stay awake longer this time, I will probably need something but not at the moment.
I see my regular doctor tomorrow for some blood tests and the Beast will go with me to see the doctor, too. He needs a refill of his Norvasc (for his blood pressure). I gather the pharmacist hasn't had any luck getting the doctor's office to respond to their request. I just have to hope my leg allows me to get around long enough to get in and out of the doctor's. Then, on Tuesday, I have to see the vascular doctor to get the staples taken out. Not that I think that will solve the whole problem but it sure will help not to have them pulling and tugging at the wounds.
Gotta get off my butt now for a bit so I can get this posted before it rains. Love you all. ***Hugs***
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