Has it Really Only Been Less than a Week?!

I was going to update a week post surgery, but a number of people have been asking how Keziah is doing. So I figured I would do one now.

Just a quick question........Keziah had surgery just a few days ago, right? The reason I ask is, well, the pictures will tell you; other than the drain coming out of her head as well as looking like a grease monkey (thanks to the Polysporin), one would never know she had surgery. She has picked up right where she left off - happy, spunky, and no pain.

Here she is, the day we got home, climbing on the counters to get things out of her reach. This is just over 24 hours since she came out of the recovery room. Crazy girl.

The next day, Lincoln came home. Guess who was the patient, laying on the couch, being attended to? Nope, not Keziah. She was the doctor :o)

It truly has been amazing in seeing how quickly she recovers. It's actually quite funny - this afternoon at lunch, she was crying because of a teeny tiny little scratch on her finger. And yet she hasn't shed a tear about the very long incisions that are covering her head. What a girl.

And a few close ups of her incisions. The handiwork of Dr. Zuker amazes me (and many others). You cannot see a single stitch. All it is, are seams. As one stated, Dr. Zuker is the Michaelangelo of surgeons. And he is right. I have seen many incisions and nevus removal, but I have yet to see incisions without stitching.

These pictures were taken 3 days post surgery. You can hardly see the incision along her hairline and down her ear (don't mind the matted hair - tomorrow she'll get to enjoy her first shower since surgery, so it's still all plastered with Polysporin. It also makes it look like she has very thin hair, but it's the hair sticking together in clumps.)

Keziah has withstood the cleanings of her incisions like a trooper and each time it gets easier. Twice a day we pull out the saline water, Q-tips and Polysporin (soon we'll be switching to Vaseline as that is easier on the skin). Someone else was feeling he needed a cleaning as well (his nickname is "Me, too!")

So, as you can see, recovery is going very well for this girl.

Thanks for all the love, care and concern that you have shown to our precious daughter!