It’s a Jackson Pratt

Have you ever seen a Jackson Pratt drain?  It’s a suction drainage device used to pull excess fluid from the body. It’s a flexible plastic bulb shaped like a hand-grenade and connects to an internal plastic tube.

The first time I noticed the JP drain attached to my left side near my surgery, I was surprised. At first the fluids were more of a diluted blood then gradually, they turned into an orange color. I was fascinated and kept playing with it at some moments of boredom in the hospital.  The nurses regulary drained and measured the fluid.  I fondly called it  my granada or bala but it was kind of uncomfortable when you walked because it was heavy too if it was not emptied of the fluids inside.  I kept asking the nurse what it was called and I also kept forgetting it, oh, so it reminded me of Michael Jackson (only because of its name).  They only removed it a day before I was released from the hospital. Oh gosh, it was quite long, the remaining  tube attached inside my body.

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