David's appt went well. The surgeon laughed a little again when he saw how David's nose is healing. He hoped the tip would be a little straighter, but it has improved a lot so all is not lost. He told us once again how "unusual" David's case is.
Taking the splints and packing out proved to be a painful ordeal, but at the same time it relieved the massive pressure and cold like symptoms he's been feeling. You can check out a picture of the splints here. These aren't his splints and they aren't fresh out of a nose so they aren't bloody. Squeaky clean and not gross at all. :) The flat side was against the septum and the tube part was what he was breathing through. They are about 2.5 - 3 inches long and about an inch high. How on earth that fits in someone's nose I have no idea. He also had a roll of gauze packing in each nostril that were each the size of my pinky. Unreal. How far back in there was this stuff?!? You couldn't see anything from the outside so I'm pretty sure they just jammed it into his brain. Yep, pretty sure.
He's in pain again from all that aggravation to his nose this afternoon so he took some medication and went to lay down. While it was necessary and brought some relief in one way it was also painful and horrible in another way. It's just not fun to have someone put tweezers up your nose and pull out large amounts of gauze that was otherwise resting comfortably in your brain.
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