Surgery Report

Cathy's surgery went as expected yesterday.  She was in the OR for two full hours and apparently had to have some pretty significant anesthesia administered to allow her muscles to relax for the best removal of the scar capsule.  She was really sleepy for about 3 hours after she was in recovery.  Today she is pretty sore, more so than her first implant exchange, but less than with her mastectomy.  Dr. Butterfield put a drain in the right side, the side with the hardest scar capsule.  She told me that removing the capsule caused more bleeding and that excess bleeding can increase the risk of future contracture.  Hopefully, the drain will be removed next week when Cathy has her follow up.  Cathy is doing well.  Her spirit is predictably good, but she would certainly prefer to not be dealing with this.