PS said surgery went well & that I have a nice lat dorsi muscle because the was able to cover the entire expander with it. That's good because the skin was still thin but now the expander is under muscle & skin. She only had to use a small amount of the skin from my back.
I have a small dark area near my nipple & PS explained that the cautery knife burned my skin there because it was so thin so she had to stitch it up. Not a big deal to me.
Drains are still in and I expected that. Output is still around 70mls. Itching is thankfully under control. Pain is much much better.
Nurse was stripping my drains (you hold the drain near where it's inserted and use thumb & finger to pull the liquid down towards the bulb to help prevent clogging by clots). She said the dr likes pus things and she (nurse) likes to get clots out of drain tubes. Ha ha! My kind of people!
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