After having an Ultrasound yesterday and more medical advice it looks like the bleeding is still forming a ball under the skin. This is 48mm or approx 5cm round.
I was going to have a second surgery on it yesterday to drain more fluid, but the likely hood of an infection could lead to an abcess the size of a cricket ball leaving a hole in my leg the size of a cricket ball.
Currently I am talking to reconstructive surgeons in Melbourne to find out the best action plan as it seems to be a waiting game and not many surgeons are to near and dear to knowing about horse bites. (you think mozzie bites hurt)
I will keep you posted on the sisterhood of the travelling pantless, and this would make for a wonderful comic where I suddenly morph into 1/2 woman, 1/2 Black Caviar, ha ha.
Looking on the bright side, it I did not have on the correct riding attire, I would have been a week away from my children with an open flesh wound!
To give you some idea of the size, I have sized the actual bite which is yet to bruise and is still collecting blood. The circle that has been drawn on later, (like a cricket match) shows the size of a tennis/cricket ball.
Acual name for this is liquefied haematoma.
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