11:45pm. I’m exhausted. This was Katie’s first day home, and even though it was only a half day, I’m tired. Not complaining…just tired.
However, she is doing extraordinarily well. Unbelievably well. Super-duper well. She had a bad day yesterday (the dreaded 3rd day post-op), but today seemed to be much better as though it was just another normal, mixed up, emotional day. BUT….nothing like yesterday.
She has been up and down the inside flight of steps twice today, eaten an awesome meal (my spaghetti…yummmm), had some wonderful ice cream, took her pain pills at slightly longer and longer intervals, been up and down on the sofa upstairs a lot (drinking all that water…..), sat downstairs and watched the Food Network’s sister channel, Cooking, washed her scar/incision and her face, and was in bed by 11:30.
That is an excellent day. She was so, so, so tired that she started crying at one point as she was sitting on the upstairs couch. I explained to her that for right now, this and how she feels is her “new normal”. It will go away after a while, but for the next few weeks, don’t look any further than a day or so at a time, and don’t look back.
I know she’ll be just fine.
Til later……
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