A small favor/UPDATE 12-13

[Grace]

Not until after the staples come out on the 28th. YUK!!! Guess there's too much possibility of infection that they are trying to avoid. Of course, I can still have DIL put plastic over the dressing and tape it real good and get a quickie shower. Who's to know other than me, DIL, and my shower???

Yikes - even with staples in my head, after my crani, I was able to wash my hair and shower within 2 days. In fact they wanted me to shampoo to get all the blood out of my hair.

I would definitely do the plastic with tape. There is waterproof tape you can get that will keep it out, and facing the shower will help.

I didn't have staples after my back surgery - dissolvable sutures were used.

[pomtzu]

Yikes - even with staples in my head, after my crani, I was able to wash my hair and shower within 2 days. In fact they wanted me to shampoo to get all the blood out of my hair.

I would definitely do the plastic with tape. There is waterproof tape you can get that will keep it out, and facing the shower will help.

I didn't have staples after my back surgery - dissolvable sutures were used.

LOL - do docs even know how to "suture" any more?? Staple guns are so much easier. It's kinda like doing the lost art of math in your head - why go to the extra work when you have a calculator?