well after a relaxing 4 days and 3 nights, i am home from the hospital. My surgery went well. The surgeon was pleased with how it went and though i stayed in the hospital longer than expected, i am quite glad i did. i am now more a lot more mobile than i was even yesterday evening. (yeah, me)
i need help getting in and out of chairs and i'm only doing little walks. hills and stairs, totally kick my butt. i am up and about with some mobility so i'm really happy about that. i'm actually more mobile than i expected! woot.
kudos to my doctor for a fabulous combo of pain medicines. :) i had morphine via IV for the first day or two. When i thought, hmm.. i've got some pain, i wonder if i can have the 4mg of morphine, i figured it best to stop that one. talk about quick pain relief. The doc then moved me on to a vicodin combo which is interesting and really beats my pain. i didn't realize how great it was until the drive home from the hospital. when i took pain stuff in the hospital, i usually just dozed off to sleep or feebly attempted to read cosmo (for the content in cosmo it took me WAY too long to read)... so when i was in the car i was able to see the passing scenery, and other stimuli. bay area traffic when one is on vicodin is interesting. perhaps, freaky? either way, i was glad i wasn't driving! :) (and i'm sure the other drivers are as well).
so here i am - home for 2 weeks. i have magazines, a few books, and some DVDs to watch. plus i have to walk 3 times a day... so as it takes me a bit of time to get going... my days for the next few weeks are action packed.
all ofthis is being made possible by my mom. :) she's taken a few weeks off from work to come and take care of me.
THANKS MUM!
i have great tales of grand adventures of slaying dragons, saving princes and generally being heoric to share - but as these tales were undertaken while under the influence of some drug or another - i think they are better left for another time.
though i do have other hospital stories to share.. the drugs are kicking in, and i'm ready for another nap!
until then...
the OG
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So glad you're home safe and sound and your MUM is there to take care! Thinking about you!
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