surgery is done!

Well, surgery was last monday- and I am happy to report that I am feeling better than I thought I would. I still have moments with some pretty bad pain but I am not as tired as I thought I would be. That's pretty good, considering that first evening after surgery I was thinking that I had made a huge huge mistake because I was in more pain than I had ever imagined anyone could even be in. Turns out they had me on morphine and it just wasn't doing anything for my pain. At the time I didn't know that it was abnormal- i figured I had just gotten myself into something I shouldn't have and was paying the price with pain. Nope- because as soon as they switched me to vicodin the next morning I felt almost great! Now looking back it makes me very angry that they let me be in so much pain- no sleep that first night because I constantly had to push a button that I had hoped so bad would provide pain relief that it never did, and why in the world are they going to ask you your pain level every hour, if they aren't going to do a damn thing about it??? There- that's my rant. Just glad I am feeling better. After 1 night in the hospital the dr came to check on me and said I was doing well enough to go home(!!) but I wasn't peeing well enough (you SO wanted to know this, right?) because after using the restroom, I still had alot of residual urine left in my bladder- so I had to have a cathetar again- yuck! The idea of going home with a cathetar wasn't really my thing so I decided to go ahead and stay in until the next morning. When he checked me the 2nd day, it was much better. Now there is only 5 more weeks till I can take a bath and pick up a gallon of milk. It's gonna be a loooong 5 weeks! Luckily I have the very BEST neighbors and friends in the whole world. They have taken care of me and the family since surgery. This week Jim is back at work and all my neighbors have stepped up to take Sloane to school, Ethan to Karate, and Cameron to soccer. Tomorrow Sara is coming over to dry my hair for me :)