4 days post op

I have to say, that even though sometimes are better than others, even the bad times aren't terrible.  Uncomfortable, yes.  Seeing as how I haven 't blogged since surgery, let me catch you up..

My parents brought me to the hospital at 11am, surgery was at 1pm.  Started all of the pre-op stuff, getting blood test, my weight taken, gown, etc.  I will say that the hospital has this FABULOUS thing called bear paws I think, the best invention EVER.  The gown has air passages throughout the entire thing, so they hook up a heater machine to the gown and it fills up with warm air.  I need one of those at home, seriously.  Anyways, so in pre-op apparently my blood pressure was a bit on the high side, so they had to give me something to help with that.  I remember getting some "calming" drugs in pre-op, I remember leaving my parents and being wheeled into the OR, they asking me to help them slide myself onto the operating table.  Then, I remember waking up in the recovery room.  The nurse came and talked to me right away and let me know that they did not have to wire my mouth shut.  I still had the NG tube in, (which they did eventually pull while still in recovery).  I asked for a mirror to look at my face, and even though I don't remember seeing myself, I remember starting to cry.  Such an emotional thing for me.  Having this underbite for my entire life and what seems like a blink of an eye, it's gone.

I was wheeled up to my room I think around 7pm.  That entire night is a little blurry, but I do remember having nose bleeds, many nose bleeds.  Having some visitors and my husband and my daughter visit, and my daughter afraid to come sit by me until I called her over.

I spent two nights in the hospital and came home on Friday.  In those two days I started swallowing pills, stopped the IV pain meds and worked on my clear liquid diet. 

Now that I am home, I'm sleeping on the couch, have my mom coming to help make me meals (while my husband works), taking all of my meds to make sure I do not have any pain issues.

My weight on day of surgery was 178lbs, today I am 172lbs. 

And here are current pictures.  :)