hospital again

Short stay in the hospital over the last three days. I had a hole in my gut that was oozing blood and stuff. MRI found a tiny piece of old shrapnel in there. Anyway, they removed the bits, scar tissue and a small amount of fat. I did ask them to do some liposuctionand get rid of the spare tire parts, but they didn't listen. The surgeon was a nice lady, though. Now I have a vacuum machine hooked up to my gut. Sucks out the blood and gore and dries out the wound. This is suppose to speed up the healing. However, having a machine that slurps is kinda disconcerting.