Yesterday was "S" Day

... and by "S" day, I don't mean Stanley Cup day -- that happens on Wednesday, all you faithful Canucks fans. :-)

No, yesterday was Staple day. We had a 1pm appointment at Children's Hospital to get all of Charlotta's staples removed. There were about 60-70 staples closing the incision down her back, and 3 sets of about 10 staples each on her side, under her arm. I'm not going to sugar-coat the experience and say Charlotta was good with it. She cried. A lot. But I'm sure it was a painful. For her part, the nurse who removed the staples was experienced -- calm and efficient -- and the whole process only took about 1/2 hour.

The good news is that there is no infection in any of Charlotta's incisions. They are a bit scabby (that's as graphic as I'm going to get) and will heal up on their own.

She's now able to have a shower again, which is good news on the hair-washing scene. Yesterday, before we went for our appointment, I actually tried to wash her hair. I had a hair-salon style set up at our downstairs bathroom sink. The only problem was that I totally goofed with the plastic garbage bag/cape. Instead of diverting the water back into the sink, the way I had things set up, the water ran directly down Charlotta's back, soaking her bandage, underwear, pants, chair, etc. Oops. Glad that was the first and last time I had to do that.