Since I'm technically contagious once these things start opening up, I have been searching for a way to keep them covered once I begin wearing real clothes again tomorrow. There is just no way to tape gauze in place over this area, and I'm not sure I want to anyhow. My single biggest risk now is infection, and I don't want to create any tidy little incubator spots on my butt for microbes to settle in and start procreating.
The answer came to me this morning as I searched my bathroom for a solution. (Boys: Here comes the share-too-much-part. Either avert your eyes, or don't claim I didn't warn you.) I discovered an unopened package of panty liners from long past days when I had to actually worry about such things. They'll stick to my underwear and not to me (hopefully) which means that I'll be able to keep any ruptured blisters from leaking through my clothes while keeping the area as open as possible. A win-win situation if I ever heard of one.
So here's the take home point: Sometimes it pays to hold onto stuff you've got no use for.