Nose job

 

Nose job

Sailing nose. 

                                What does that phrase mean to you? A nose job, or rhinoplasty, to give it its official name, is a surgical procedure to reshape the bone and cartilage, often undertaken to improve its appearance. Sometimes, it’s carried out to correct breathing problems.

 My husband and son have both had the procedure, for health reasons, following sports injuries. I don’t remember Barry having a huge dressing on his nose, though I suppose he must have, but I do remember Gareth’s cast or splint or whatever it was called. I also remember that one of the dogs chewed it up, obviously not while it was on his face. The surgeon was not entirely delighted, but did see the funny side of it, as a sort of variation of ‘the dog ate my homework.’ Gareth was a young teenager at the time.

Barry had a minor nose job – that is a minor operation on his nose - at the beginning of January to excise a ‘rodent ulcer,’ known as a basal cell carcinoma. When the results were published, he was told that he would have to return at a later date to have another ‘excavation’ (my word, not the surgeon’s)

He waited at the hospital for a couple of hours as a day patient before he was seen. The procedure took an hour and he arrived home  later. He has to go back in four weeks to see the consultant again. It’s his own fault for being so fair-skinned!

The dogs were alert all afternoon, pricking up their ears every time they heard, 'Motion detected on the drive.' 

When Barry eventually arrived, they were very excited, greeted him warmly and then fell asleep, all the tension having exhausted them. 

Is he really here? He's been away a long time.

He is here! At last!

Can we climb over?

We have never encouraged our dogs to jump over gates in the house, though they could easily do so. The baby gates allow visitors to see them and them to see visitors without incident. They soon calm down - visitors and dogs.