… like a hole in the head and that’s exactly what she’s got. A 5mm hole where the seat of the infection was, on her right temple, exposing the titanium plate. Anxious to avoid another bout of surgery Jo has convinced herself this will heal of its own accord.
It is being bathed daily by the District Nurse and, while Jo is still coping with the side effects of the antibiotics, it seems best to keep an eye on it but I suspect a skin graft will be required at some point. As there is no periosteum there it is hard to see how the skin can grow over the hole.
