Thanks again, Hope! My follow up is not until the 6th of June. My doctor has recommended me just to rest, relax, and go to the ER if I have any signs of infection. Which, at this point, are none. I'm getting a lot of exudate now, and a bit more odour from my morning patch change. Nothing horrendous. My mom, again, knows what infection looks and smells like being a MA. She compared my packing odour as roses to skunks. LOL.
I lost some more of my inner packing this evening with another bowel movement, which stung, but I hopped right into the shower to clean up. It hurt less this evening because I popped a Phillip's stool softener before bed last night. Really helped the consistency.
One thing really bothered me today, and that was putting away groceries. My father went shopping today, and being him, agitated me until I got up and put the items away. I was fine until I had to get on tip-toe to put away the cat food. YEEEEEEEEOUCH! No, I didn't step on a cat's tail, I could FEEL my wound pull from the packing. Had a small bit of blood and hobbled for a few hours. My dad got a "talkin' to" from my mom as well.
Poor him.
Other than that, things are looking good on this hind-end.
Hope - here's to your follow-up being smooth sailing, hon!