My Journey with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

"On the girl's brown legs there were many small white scars. I was thinking, do those scars cover the whole of you, like the stars and the moons on your dress? I thought that would be pretty too, and I ask you right here please to agree with me that a scar is never ugly. That is what the scar makers want us to think. But you and I, we must make an agreement to defy them. We must see all scars as beauty. Okay? This will be our secret. Because take it from me, a scar does not form on the dying. A scar means, I survived."

- Little Bee by Chris Cleave

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Incision


Today we unwrapped my leg. My incision looks good. Unwrapping my leg was a little uncomfortable, but it felt good for it to get some air. We took off the extra gauze that was on my knee. Right now there is just one layer of padding, a small wrap and a large ace bandage which goes all the way down my leg covering my knee.
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  1. Hipper SnapperFebruary 23, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    Glad to hear you are doing well, hang in there! :)

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    Madeline - I'm thinking today (Sunday) will be your turn-around day. I'm hoping you'll feel a little more like moving around, and your pain will subside. It's been a long haul, and I see that you'll have the knee scar to show for it. Maybe we should go back to our photographer when it's all over, so you can get both knees in the picture! What's that scribbling with the blue pen on your knee?? Love you girl, Sara

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