I won't sugar coat it for you, I have pretty much felt like A$$ the last 4 days. I woke up and I wondered when the whole A-Z volume of Encyclopedia Brittanicas landed on my chest. Then after that, I thought maybe a garbage truck had ran over it, then backed up and ran over it again. One word, PAIN! But there is always light at the end of the tunnel and the staff at Allen Hospital did wonderful managing my pain and nausea. They would ask me what I needed and I would say something to knock me out!! Getting up and down is the worst, if I could just lay in bed that would be great but that would make me worse and way stiffer. So once I finally got over the fabulous pain meds and anesthestic at the hospital, I was on my own and boy was that rough! I was discharged at about 1:00pm on Wed and to my mom's to recuperate.
Yesterday was a bad day. Really painful, sore and hard to move, eat, basically function without a lot of pain. I really cannot wash my hair cuz I can't get my stitches wet and I am such a grease ball cuz I can only take sponge type baths. I am pretty gross, but hey I can't look any uglier so I can only go up from there! Bonus!
Today is a much better day. My mom and Al have been fabulous....really GREAT nurse-maids. I almost don't want to leave! It's awesome getting waited on hand and foot!! Thanks mommy! But I am trying to get more things on my own and moving around more. I feel much better. I brushed my hair, that is a pretty big feat for me since my right arm is somewhat immobile. I have a big rats nest in the back of my hair so I just put a hairpiece on for visitors now!! HA!!
My hubby has brought the kids each night for a visit and is doing really well with them on his own. I feel bad for him, but am glad he is managing so well. It's hard not to give each of them a big bear hug. And Hadley wants to be lifted and carried and I haven't been able to do that yet...which is heartbreaking. But I have great, resilient kids that are going to be fine and a great hubby taking great care of them. Just keep bringing Mike food, he loves visitors and food --- he will be in heaven if anyone wants to do that for him.
The REALLY good news is they got the tumor and my lymph nodes contained no cancer!! Thank you Jesus!! Thanks for all the prayers everyone!! I meet with all the specialists in the weeks to come so I will keep you posted!
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