Aftermath of Surgery

I should let you in on a little bit of history. A few months ago, I noticed a small, quarter size bump on Joe's back. He had back surgery 5 years ago so I thought it was something from that. It stayed the same size and didn't cause Joe pain until last week. The small bump exploded and got huge and started causing some serious pain.

So, that brings you up-to-date. Wednesday, Joe went to the doctor because of the pain. I told him to call me at work only if he had to go to the hospital. Lo and behold, he called me at work. The doctor looked at it and said he thought it was a serious infection but wasn't sure how deep it was so he would operate on it later that night. Joe came home to pick me up and off to the hospital we went. His surgery started around 7pm and he was out by 8pm. He went under general anesthesia so was very loopy and out of it afterwards. We got discharged around 9:30 and had to drive around forever looking for a 24 hour pharmacy to get Joseph a whole bunch of medications. I am pretty sure the pharmacist thought I was a drug addict because I was in such a rush to get the prescriptions for Joseph. We finally got home around 11:30 and Joe was fast alseep. He has seven staples that will come out eventually... and lots of gauze that I get the lucky job of repacking every night. Last night, I got pretty grossed out but hopefully tonight will go better. That's been our exciting week in Houston! Hopefully, that's the most excitement we have for a while.

Here is a picture of it. The red piece that looks like tape in the end of the gauze that is packed in his back.