It seems today my body has just realized it's been Through something a bit out of the norm and is rebelling. I finally got some sleep, about 5 - 6 hours last night and woke up in the most horrible pain. Most likely because this was adequate time for my throat to dry out and my meds to lapse. I was SO tired though, I needed the sleep. Sleep seems to present a catch 22 situation however. On the one hand, you sleep which is GLORIOUS. On the other, you wake up miserable. I won't be able to let that happen again this early in the game, it's taken me close to 4 hours to get half-way comfortable again and now, I get it.
My throat, ears and sinus area have grown their own heartbeats and are all happily drumming away in there in time with my actual heartbeat. Where I could barely speak earlier, I can't at all now without extreme effort and it is definitely a strain to do so when I do have to. My neck is swollen, circa Jabba The Hut and I can't open my mouth wide enough to get anything more then a sip of Gatorade, water or Slim Fast in.
On the flip side, the puggie brigade is keeping me company and I did manage to get a bit more sleep after I got a bit more situated.
Dave bought me new humidifier yesterday that is definitely doing its magic, he was reluctant to leave me this morning, what a sweet sweet man.
Work sent me a lovely bouquet of flowers, the vase will definitely find itself in the game again. It's a gorgeous blue and very heavy, I'll find something awesome to put into it in the future.
So, I guess here we go then eh? I am in good spirits as I anticipated this (I was a bit unprepared for the pain this morning though, it was easily an 8 on the pain scale for about an hour and that's no good!) and am doing my best to enjoy the whole concept of bed rest. Mostly, the snuggling of fur babies aspect of all of it.
Bella's rash has subsided due to much needed Benadryl and Kristen's coming to the rescue with hyrocortisone spray. She's wearing a little blue Colorado bear shirt I'd gotten for Clark William and wanted to be able to hand deliver, but was not able to achieve that goal:( Regardless, it's serving a wonderful purpose now by keeping her squeeeashy little face out of the spray so it can do it's business and moisture/anti-itch her little rash.
Bailey is thrilled to have me home, because she knows that means she has access to the couch all day and her favorite blanket. We are all going to get smpoiled by this experience I suspect.
Dave is working a long day today so I am pretty on my own and it's meds time. I read somewhere that this surgery has been done for thousands of years, doing it without pain meds seems horribly cruel. I think I'd rather just be knocked unconscious then have to deal with this morning again. YUCK.
More soon, love loves to all you wonderful people!
S
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