things of note

things get swollen and bloody. and bloodier. these were taken monday, which was 3 days after surgery and the morning before the packing was removed.















btw, this is a normal to low amount of bleeding. and then the packing came out. which was, by far, the most painful part. it's real fast, but it hurts to have those suckers pulled out. what did the packing look like when it was removed? they're called nose tampons. use your imagination. but, here's the after. my nose is still swollen, all 45 minutes later, but the swelling was gone the next day. it was suppossed to swell up bigger and i'm attributing the fact that it didn't to the fact that i don't smoke and kept my head tilted back just about all of the time, like i was suppossed to.