u/labialaden

Me again - the other scab that had been lingering for weeks finally fell off, and after the most insane 6 months of my life - a broken ankle, a bone infection, 2 surgeries, 3 emergency room visits, a week spent in the hospital, having a PICC line placed/removed and 4 different kinds of antibiotics - my surgery site is almost completely closed and healed. There’s a tiny spot of very new, raw looking skin where this last scab fell off that still needs some protection, so I’ve got a bandaid on that. Looks like I’ll be able to swim this summer after all 🥹

Had surgery to repair a broken ankle in November 2025 and a subsequent bone infection in January of this year. As you can imagine, the surgery site is looking pretty gnarly, even as it heals normally. Crazy looking scabs - no intentional picking or peeling on my part, but I’ve been fascinated as pieces start to fall off on their own. This is the biggest one yet!