,,, trapped here in the golden cage so a bit more time to get on line. I was meant to be in Istanbul, Budapest and Prague in July/August but we knew a long way out that wouldn’t be happening. Hope all’s going well for you.
With luck, Istanbul, Budapest and Prague will still be there when you can get free.
Going through hell here, mom has Alzheimer's, had a small skin cancer removed from her finger, got a postage stamp sized graft. She WILL NOT leave the bandages alone, has pulled a stitched-on pressure pad off, torn a gouge in her arm, plucked out stitches, ripped off a chunk of the graft. It's been a long two weeks.
The stitches on the donor site have been removed and the site has been blessed by the doctor. The graft needs another look next week, but he thought it wasn't nearly as bad as we described.
She's gone to bed with petrolatum lubed sites, taped down Telfa pads, bandages, an oven mitt and plenty of packing tape. Maybe this time the mummification will last overnight (How in the heck did the Egyptians do it???)
It should help that the donor site probably won't itch with the stitches removed...
Oh, also with warning notes taped to the swaddling:
LEAVE ALONE!
YOU’VE HAD SURGERY!
YOU HAVE STITCHES!
*sigh*