Week 2

Had my 2nd Dr appointment. on Tuesday. I lost one of my drains. I was so thankful to loose that drain particularly. It was causing me more issues because it pulled more and just hurt as you moved the tubes around. Not sure why that one bothered me because the other one gave me no issues at all. But it is gone. I knew they were going to be taking it out because we keep records every time we drain the drains and knew it was well under 30ml a day. He also told me they would be taking staples out this visit at my last visit. So I went in prepared. I took a pain pill before we left the house. THEN about 20 mins before the appointment I took a valium. LOL The staples I knew would be no issue. Had those out from my c-sections. But I knew how long those drain tubes were and didn't know what to expect. So the Valium had hit by the time the Dr comes in and wants to take the tube out and I was really relaxed. I don't think both eyes were focusing in the same direction. So he clips the stitch holding the drain in and tells me to close my eyes. I didn't do it. He tells me again. No I drugged up for this, let me watch. Again he tells me to close my eyes. Fine if you can't do it with someone watching. I close my eyes. But I peeked. That tube was long. It was cool. And best of all it was GONE!

Then the nurse comes back in to take out the staples. I was excited about this because the steri strips had fallen off them and the would catch on things. He only used staples around the back of my sides and where he at to go a little onto my back. Basically where they had to roll me on the table to get to. The front is all stitches. But my excitement about getting them out wained when I learned he only wanted every other one out. Oh well it is a progression.

The rest of week two is holiday week. Lots of family events. We are hosting The big Christmas Eve dinner. Then after the kids open Santa gifts we go to the in-laws for early dinner. Then my babies 7th birthday 2 days after Christmas so we had to host another party. It was hard on me even though I wasn't doing the physical work. I slept a lot this week. I would wake up for the parties then as soon as everyone was gone I passed out again. I just couldn't stay awake.

But as we approach week 3 Chris packs the kids for their vacation to my brothers house in Atlanta. His family normally comes and stays with us for the holidays but I wasn't up to hosting a family of 5 since I am sleeping in the living room.