On Monday, I had a rather large patch cut out of the skin on my forehead in order to remove some skin cancers. From past experience, however, I knew there was a risk of facial swelling after surgery on my forehead. And that is no joke. The swelling can close my eyes completely, leaving me blind. The first time it happened I did lose vision in my right eye completely.
I have learnt from that however so arranged for Jenny to stay at my place overnight in case I woke up next morning unable to see. We had an Indian dinner that evening and Jenny admired my new crockpot. And we had big chats about family matters
On Tuesday morning, however, there was no swelling so I thought I was out of the woods. About 9:30am, however the swelling started so I arranged for Jenny to come back that night too. By 9:30pm, however, the swelling looked quite bad so I got Jenny to drive me to the Wesley so I could get an intravenous infusion of lincomycin. That was all a bit pesky but the Wesley staff were as ever first rate and I got prompt, attentive and friendly service. The visit cost me $200 but the decision was the right one as the lincomycin did hit the infection for six. The swelling had already gone down a bit by next morning and at the time of writing on Wednesday evening, was largely gone.
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