Lekha'd shown a couple of fissures in the graft on her left foot. The graft and the Hyper Baric Oxygen Therapy(HBOT) was performed on her left leg, exactly a year ago, at a hospital in Thrissur by an efficient Plastic Surgeon. It had taken the whole three weeks at the hospital, followed by rest for almost four months, to bring her back to normal.
There were after visits to the doctor during the four months of rest post surgery. Dressings had to be applied on the foot after the application of medicines and with focused action, things were back to normal. Lekha was back in the business of doing her normal chores like her weekly visits to the temple, numerous visits to the market for sundries and even escorting our friends and relatives to the places of interest close by. In addition, we'd undertaken quite a few long trips to attend functions that demanded our presence.
After seeing the fissures on the grafted skin, I'd promptly sent a mail to the doctor asking for an appointment to which he'd replied that he'd shifted abroad where he was working currently. It was a double blow when we'd come to know that the 'HBOT' department of the hospital had ceased to function ever since the doctor's exit! The hospital's management had confirmed that they're on the lookout for a suitable replacement and solicited my help/contacts to help them find a new one!
I've been put on the defensive because the doctor's words, during the last after visit, rang deafeningly in my ears and I quote, "the graft should be safely in place for many years so long as the SLE doesn't raise its ugly head because if it does, the system could reject the entire graft as a 'foreign' body!" I remember having been extremely angry with the doctor for not telling me about this aspect before the commencement of the treatment because, if and when the rejection were to take place, the wound would be a much larger one, than the original, that was made out to put the graft in place!
Hope, like mad, that things don't reach such a sorry pass.
Tailpiece.
There's a saying that, "in life when a door gets shut several others open, offering a slew of opportunities". Lekha's elder sister tells us that in Kerala, HBOT has commenced in the naval hospital, Sanjivani, and the AIMS, both at Kochi. We shall head there after fixing up an appointment!
There were after visits to the doctor during the four months of rest post surgery. Dressings had to be applied on the foot after the application of medicines and with focused action, things were back to normal. Lekha was back in the business of doing her normal chores like her weekly visits to the temple, numerous visits to the market for sundries and even escorting our friends and relatives to the places of interest close by. In addition, we'd undertaken quite a few long trips to attend functions that demanded our presence.
After seeing the fissures on the grafted skin, I'd promptly sent a mail to the doctor asking for an appointment to which he'd replied that he'd shifted abroad where he was working currently. It was a double blow when we'd come to know that the 'HBOT' department of the hospital had ceased to function ever since the doctor's exit! The hospital's management had confirmed that they're on the lookout for a suitable replacement and solicited my help/contacts to help them find a new one!
I've been put on the defensive because the doctor's words, during the last after visit, rang deafeningly in my ears and I quote, "the graft should be safely in place for many years so long as the SLE doesn't raise its ugly head because if it does, the system could reject the entire graft as a 'foreign' body!" I remember having been extremely angry with the doctor for not telling me about this aspect before the commencement of the treatment because, if and when the rejection were to take place, the wound would be a much larger one, than the original, that was made out to put the graft in place!
Hope, like mad, that things don't reach such a sorry pass.
Tailpiece.
There's a saying that, "in life when a door gets shut several others open, offering a slew of opportunities". Lekha's elder sister tells us that in Kerala, HBOT has commenced in the naval hospital, Sanjivani, and the AIMS, both at Kochi. We shall head there after fixing up an appointment!
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