Baby steps

Well, my surgery came and went with a few bumps along the way.  The surgery went pretty much like clockwork and I did well on the day of surgery.  That night when I got up to use the restroom, I passed out two different times, and one time they thought I had a seizure, in which they called their Rapid Response team.  The staff there was very caring and helpful.  I was in a private room, but when they discovered that my hemoglobin went from 13 to 8.1, I was moved to a telemetry room and had a heart monitor on me.  Hospital rooms are pretty noisy and I could only sleep in 15 minute increments.  Plus people always coming to check my BP, temp, and pulse and oxygen level.  I ended up receiving 2 units of blood.  I was so tired I didn't feel like going anywhere.  In telemetry I was in a semi-private room and luckily I was by myself most of the time.  They did not push me to get up a lot which was fine with me because I was so weak.  If all had gone well, I should have gone home Wed. afternoon, but ended up going home Thursday night.  I was ready to sleep in my own house and eat my own food, even if it was still the liquid diet.  The hospital food was pretty nasty. 

So I came home last night, and today I finally took a shower.  Glen helped me do a little bit of laundry.  He went out today while I was napping (from the Vicodin) and got me a new protein powder from the doctor's office, a better scale, and some other stuff we needed.  He has been really great to me.  Last night he brought down my rocking chair from when the girls were a baby from upstairs, and that has been a real blessing, because I get so tired from the Vicodin, but I don't want to lay down right away.  I am so afraid of throwing up because I am taking in so little, so I am just consuming everything in really small sips. 

The girls have been at my sister Patti's and we all miss each other, but it has also been such a blessing to have them away for a few extra days while I work this all out, plus they have been doing fun things every single day: zoo, movies, swimming, Frankenmuth, Somerset Mall, etc.  I am so thankful to have all of the support that I do, offers of help from family and friends.  Thank you all.