I've Sprung a Leak

building up inside
without a means to escape
it burst thru the dam

It was this evening that I finally understood what a water balloon goes thru in life. As I was rummaging thru the garage for a book that, in keeping true to the collage aesthetic I had made using various elements collected from random and disconnected pieces, i was taken aback by a freak biological incident that had me confused for the better part of 3 hours. What exactly happened I'm not quite sure, but here's what I do remember.

I was moving boxes back to where they belonged because I was disgusted that I couldn't find what it was that I was looking for. I was on my last box when all of a sudden I was wet. I stopped and looked around for the cup of liquid I had spilt, but alas, there was none. All I knew was my pants were soaked, my shirt was soaked and I was standing in a small puddle.

No children, the roof was not leaking -- rather it was my arm. You all remember that vagina sized hole inside my arm pit? Well it was sewn up after a second cyst became infected and subsequently removed. Inside the empty pocket that was left to heal formed, what those in the medical profession call, a seroma.

I have got to tell you, never in my life have I had so many strange things happen to me in the course of a year.

So everyday this thing fills up with this fluidic substance and causes my arm to swell up and become tender until either a) I lift something heavy and explode all over myself and the floor or b) I do something to milk the liquid out of it ahead of time. Seromas are common after surgery and typically go away after a few weeks but could stick around for as long as months upon months. Either way, I'm glad that my stitches did not seal completely, otherwise I would have had to have been drained by a really big needle and syringe instead of my combo explosion/milking technique. As I write this, I have a small piece of gauze jammed into the hole functioning as a drainage plug until the morning when I'm due to leak again...

Tan Cuidado... Piso Mojado...