Drain site care?

[fletcherette 203]

Just wondering how everyone has taken care of their drain site? My dr said to keep it covered for 7 days. I'm coming up on that 7 day mark and don't feel comfortable leaving it uncovered. My bandage has some blood and clear liquid on it daily so I don't really want to leave it uncovered. How did you all care for yours?

[Trickyday1 7]

My doctor's instructions were to change the dressing over the drain site ONCE A DAY (with 2x2 gauze pad and 4x4 tegaderm). It definitely needed changing, as the first few days post-op I continued to ooze. I'm 10 days post-op today and its dry, but I keep changing it daily. Will do so until my 2 week post-op appointment, when I ask my doctor if it still needs to be covered.

[Pookeyism 1,143]

When you say drain, do you mean you still have a drain inserted, or the incision sites?

[fletcherette 203]

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The incision site

[Ms.AntiBand 2,984]

After awhile I only loosely covered it so that anything coming into contact with it wouldn't irritate it. I remember thinking it was so uggy looking, but it turned out to heal very nicely.

[Chris R 217]

Mine seemed to be taking a while to heal, probably because my big boobs covered it keeping it a bit damp. It also seemed a bit red around the edges, though not sore. It healed up nicely after I started putting a dab of bacitracin ointment on it morning and bedtime.

[Chris R 217]

Oops! Double post