Scars

Doug's bandages have come off. They actually came off last week, but I've been so busy lately that blogging hasn't been high on the list.

Doug has a 5cm incision on his leg. This was bandaged under some mysterious type of cellophanish bandage with some traditional gauze on top. Our instructions were very clear - leave the underlying bandage on until it falls off. The closer we followed the instructions, the less of a scar it was to leave.

We were very careful about making sure that this bandage stayed on as long as possible. It lasted until last week, when it started to peel off. The wound underneath has healed completely (Yay!) and what is left is a thin scar. We are dressing this with steri-strips underneath a bandage for the next couple of months. This is to keep the skin held together to reduce the pulling apart of the scar, and to keep it as narrow a scar as possible.

We were much relieved to see that the incision has healed so well. Thanks for all your prayers on this.