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[quote=Anonymous]I had to do this for my teen daughter recently when her surgical wound opened, and of course, it was very hard. For me the issue wasn't so much disgust, but panic at the realization that there was this gaping hole in my child and something was very, very wrong. She has had a lot of health problems and this was another situation in which even her most basic safety (defense against infection, this time) was spinning dizzyingly out of my control.

It was definitely one of those times I had to force myself to find those big girl pants because my child needed me. DH wouldn't do, even though he's actually pretty steady about post-surgical gore, because his mental health leaves him unreliable in general about anything else. Who knew whether he'd be up for providing twice-daily care on a schedule for 2 months no matter how he was feeling! So I did it. There's just nothing else to it... Sometimes life hands you these situations in which you, as the default adult, just have to take care of terrifying business.

If it helps, I can offer that I became more comfortable with the process as it became more familiar. I started to learn how to make the wound look less messy and, over time, it got smaller. The panic has subsided as I've wrested some control back from the gaping hole. I expect you, too, will feel better about having to do this once you pick up a little experience.[/quote]

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