Recovery

So far so good. I've been home for 24 hours now and am doing well. I slept really well last night. Unfortunately my pain meds only last 6 hours so I work up really sore. But, as soon as I started moving and took my pill, I felt better. It is really only the upper left quarter of my body that is a problem... the rest of me works just fine!

A visiting nurse came this morning and changed my dressings for me. I'm glad she did it because I would have been afraid. The incisions look good and the drain is working as it should. You can't ask for better than that!

The weather was supposed to be really bad today so the schools are closed. But, the significant snow didn't arrive. So here we all are. Dan went to work, but the boys stayed home. It is a good thing mom and dad are here. You don't realize how much lifting you do in a day until you can't do it! All I did was walk in to Ryan's room this morning to peek in on him like I normally do and he started to wake up. I snuck back out before he saw me because I knew I couldn't get him out of the crib. Whoops! I guess I won't check on Ryan tomorrow morning.

I forgot to post about the best part of surgery prep... They have these gowns that are sort of paper, but also cloth-like with different openings and velcro so that there is access where necessary while keeping the patient covered. One of the openings allowed them to hook up a heat tube. It was awesome! I got to decide just how toasty I wanted to be. We need something like that at home... a tube that goes directly from the furnace into my blankets!

The worst part of post-surgery were these velcro pads they put around my lower legs that squeezed on and off like a blood pressure cuffs to keep my blood moving. It was so annoying. I tried to get out of wearing them right away, but wasn't successful until around 3:00am. Persistence pays off.

I'm supposed to keep active and walk. In my opinion the best place to walk is the mall so I've got my sights on a mall walk Friday afternoon... or maybe the outlets during the superbowl. I can't really shop because I can't carry the packages or try anything on, but I can look!