Monday morning I woke up and a spot where my bone flap is from surgery was bothering me. It hurt a little but at first I thought it was just me being weird (I've had some nerve damage from surgery anyway so it's been tender in that area since). Well, when Dustin came home I was really concerned with the spot and thought it looked swollen but to be sure I asked Dustin and he agreed. I immediately called my surgeon's office and left a message. Almost an hour later nobody had called back so I wondered if maybe they were closed and called thier after-hours answering. I was instructed to go see my surgeon's Nurse Practitioner the next morning to have it checked.
Tuesday morning I go see the NP and he sends me in for a CT scan to verify what the swollen bump that is now hurting me, is. After the scan, I took the images to my surgeon's office and my surgeon was there! I was glad. So he looked at my head and at the images and tells me I have a loose screw (as if that isn't obvious already.. haha). He also said that the loose screw wouldn't cause the swelling and the pain so he has me taking an antibiotic to hopefully clear up the infection, or "abscess" as he called it. I have to go back Friday morning and get it checked. If the antibiotic doesn't help, then they'll have to cut it open and clean it out. Possibly even take out all of the screws if it's the screw causing the infection. I was pretty depressed yesterday and we are really hoping the antibiotics will take care of this. I don't want anymore surgeries please.
