Surgery

Well, I did it!!  I had my surgery on 8/18/11!  It was interesting, painful and a long day.  I had a hiatal hernia that had to be repair and this has caused some extra pain, atleast that is what the doctors and nurses keep saying.  I am not good when it comes to narcartics either, I get a little loopy and tend to freak out a little, it's my issue with the out of control feeling; I like to feel in control and I don't with those meds.  So, when I came to I did a little freaking out.  It didn't help that I had completely forgot where I was or that I had been in surgery.  I didn't remember being taken back to the surgery room or anything so when I came to and I was in so much pain and completely confused it was a bit of a shocker.  I immediately started asking for DH, though I was still freaking out when he came back in the room lol.  It took awhile for me to calm down.  I was released to go home 4 hours after surgery started which was a good thing because as nice and calming the place was, I wasn't able to relax and rest at all until I was home in my own bed. 

I was able to sleep a couple hours after I got home but then I was up for the whole night and all day friday because I am unable to sleep with Hydrocodon in my system.  So, Friday afternoon I had to switch to tylenol which has been VERY difficult since it doesn't help a lot with the pain. 

In addition to recovering we are moving.  DH's job has moved him out to Maine and after a lot of back and forth and debating the benefits and downfalls we have decided to join him.  So, this week we are packing and moving and I am unable to help near as much as I would like.  I am confident that we will make it but It would be nice if I could do more. 

Lastly, we orginally decided to move 2 weeks from now but the reason we moved it up was because we found out the day before my surgery that #1 probably fractured his foot when he slipped on a stool.  We  had to have a boot put on him on Friday and thus the move up in the move.  There was no way I could care for #2 and #1 the way he would need so my husband had to stay home. 

To say the least, we have had a crazy few days.  And it looks like another crazy week or two!

(pictures to come)