Intra-rectus Hematoma — Good Thing It Wasn’t Serious!

Short dissertation on condition,
I gave months ago when “Possessed.”

Coughing, abs grabbed overt attention,
Spasmodic convulsions, obsessed.

My pains subsided, went dormant,
But left a third breast below rib cage,
Primary doc not good informant,
A surgeon I would engage.

Took weeks to appointment gain.
“An Intra-rectus hematoma case.”
“Would a name like that cause pain?”
“Vessel broke, blood filled inner space.”

CAT scan to ensure no herniation,
More waiting, day’s finally here,
One pint banana chalk libation,
Two hours to get CAT in gear.

CAT’s eye to swallow a man,
Rode a flat slab into donut.
Laser rotates at rim of can,
Each image, cross-section of gut.

Doc says, “Yes, it’s just as I thought,
You’ll be fine, it will dissipate,
Body will absorb, as it ought,
Good as new — a four month wait.

So I take it easy, in wife’s tender care,
She checks each belly muscle, every one,
 And I notice with her gentle probing there,
Intra-Erectus hematoma — but this one’s fun.