Dressing change time

Scott had to change his dressing twice a day for a little over a month after his ileostomy reversal. As soon as his wound healed, he started the last phase of his treatment; 5 rounds of chemo over 10 weeks.

Taking the gauze packing out.

Gauze is all out.

Repacking the wound.

Putting the finishing touched on the packing.

Surgery #2 Ileostomy reversal

All done.

I took this picture right after I filed all the thick dead nails off the top. If Scott did not keep his nails trimmed back and filed they would snag on everything pulling the nails kind of like ancient Chinese torture !

Thumb nail.

Chemo

Scott did not lose all his hair, but he did lose all his nails : (

Joel and his girlfriend Zoe, 3/10/07.