Thats one of the most brutal injuries I have seen. I am thankful I have a strong stomach otherwise I would have hurled lol. Im glad to see things are coming along fine. I screwed my knee playing soccer by tearing up a major ligament and doing other damage as well so they had to cut me open too and put me back together with staples as well. The staples aint pretty when you see them, and the stink of the flesh is revolting but eventually once it fuses together and gets cleaned, it goes away. You look much better though, so just keep at it. :)