Sick and Sore

It was a close call but I managed to have my surgery on Thursday. It was a close call because I was starting to get the flu. I hid it from the nurses and managed to keep from throwing up until after I left the hospital. Alex was sick on Tuesday and I had hopped it was a 24 hour bug that I hadn't caught. My hopes were unfulfilled when he continued to throw up for 4 days. I was the second one to get sick and didn't get hit as hard as everyone else by the bug but that was most likely because I am now on antibiotics from my surgery. Randall caught it next. In the 10 years that I have known him he has managed to only take a half a sick day from work. You can imagine my surprise when I woke at midnight and he was climbing into bed (on night shift that time is usually 4am). He had been throwing up at work and they sent him home. He was still running a fever Friday night and has now taken the first full sick day in the history of out relationship. My Mom started to feel ill Friday night and Trinity was the final one to follow. She was sick in the middle of the night and throughout Saturday. In short this is, I believe, the sickest my family has been and right when I would like them to be the healthiest.

Fortunately, my recovery isn't seeming as painful as I had anticipated. Some home care nurses came on Friday to remove the drainage tubes I had in and I had rather dreaded that part. I had been told by more than one person that the removal was the most painful part of recovery. The nurses assured me that it was different for everyone but my concerns were not abated since the supervisor was only here since the nurse assigned to me had never done this procedure before. Laying in bed, feeling like a Guinea pig, I bit my lip in nervousness as she began to pull the 6 inches of tube out of my side. Thankfully that it came out cleanly and there was less fluid on that side so the experimental first attempt was actually less painful than the first side done by the experienced nurse.

So my results.... I'm really pleased so far. Though it's definitely hard to tell what will happen after all the bandages are removed and healing has progresses I can already feel a lift in my shoulders. My attempts at posture adjustment will, I'm sure, go much more smoothly now and I no longer will need to be concerned about the hunch in my back making a second appearance (it's mostly been eliminated by trips to the chiropractor). There is still a fair amount of pain and discomfort, however it's not as sharp or debilitating as I had anticipated. I had even hoped I would be able to get out of the house and go to Church today but with everyone being so sick that plan needed to be scrapped. I'm really excited to see how things go once I'm healed and the difference it will make to my posture, shoulder and back discomfort as well as my confidence. The surgeon has told me that I can expect to be swollen for up to 6 weeks and I will not be able to do any exercises for at least 3 so now begins the waiting game. So far I am pleased with the results, hopefully my recovery continues that trend.

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