Question about drain incision, please?

[DebLW 7]

Hi all - I was sleeved 1/23 and had my drain removed 1/28. I have been changing the dressing over the incision twice daily, after a light flush of hydrogen peroxide. The incision itself is larger than any of the others and even four days later, looks moist and "open"..... it is not puffy and red, but I should have thought it would begin to close already. Any ideas?

Thanks so much,

Deb

[melinda48 37]

How open? Just a little bit?

[DebLW 7]

It's pretty open....it's not actively bleeding, but I am getting some yellow discharge on my gauze. It just doesn't seem like it's closed at all since the drain was pulled. I get kind of weak in the knees when I look at it, because I don't know what I'm looking at inside of it.

[melinda48 37]

If i remember correctly after mine was pulled out I had to wear a bandage over it for approx. a week. Give it a few more days and keep an eye on the color of the drainage.

[massindex 346]

Same here, about a week to ten days. It was still a little puffy when I pulled my stitches out.

[mokee 588]

I wonder why lot of people were given drains. I did not have one. Does anyone know hy.

[massindex 346]

I wonder why lot of people were given drains. I did not have one. Does anyone know hy.

My wife me it was because I'm full of cr*p