I've been having trouble really getting into a good, solid sleep. I'm exhausted, relaxed, have taken my pain pill, and am ready to go to bed. However, the second I lay down, my mind goes a million miles an hour. Sometimes it's thinking about things I need to do, things I worry about, people I worry about, and how I'm feeling/looking. Other times it's like I'm playing make-believe in my mind and thinking up stories, scenario's, or analogies in my head. Ugh, it's so frustrating!!!!! So, I had Mike give me a blessing and hopefully I can get some rest.
Today, I went out on my first adventure since being home from surgery. We were out of some things so, my Mom, Corie, and I loaded up in the car and headed to Wal-Mart. Now, because I'm drugged up, I can't drive. So, my Mom drives, which makes me nervous. She's overly cautious and it scares the heck out of me. Plus, the dashboard gauges stopped working so, there's no way to know how fast we're going, what gear we're in, how much gas is left, etc. Luckily, I have an app. on my phone that can track how fast we're going.
When we got to Wal-Mart, the first thing I did was look for a motorized shopping cart. They only had one left. I felt like a dork driving around but, knew that was the only way I could do the shopping we needed to do. I also had pinned my draining tubes underneath my shirt so I wouldn't gross people out and/or get stares from people. Corie thought the motorized shopping cart was a blast!!!! I kept running to older people driving there's around. I was now part of their club! We would give each other the smile/nodding reaction. It was entertaining.
By the time we were done shopping, I was exhausted! I felt bad just sitting there as my Mom loaded everything. I'm not to lift anything over 10 lbs. or stretch my arms out much so, I couldn't do anything. We grabbed some lunch and headed home. I was POOPED!!!! I laid down to take a nap and was in and out but, still not a very strong sleep because of the racing mind thing. I did awake to the sound of thunder and rain! We were having a flash flood thing going on and it was SO REFRESHING!!!!! At that same time, my friend Jocelyn had pulled up to drop off a dinner! Jocelyn is AMAZING! She is such a dear, sweet friend! She'll run any race I ask her to run with me. She'll even come all the way from Hurricane JUST to bring me a meal! How kind is that?!?!?!?! And I do have to say it was SO DANG GOOD!!!!! It was a spaghetti casserole thing, made of penne pasta, spaghetti sauce, hamburger, corn, and olives! SOOOOO good! Then she also gave us a yummy and fresh green salad! It was perfect and my family loved it!!!!!
Mike's Mom, Linda, has taken over my carpool duties for this week. It's a huge help! So, she picks up the kids from school in the afternoon, as well as take Corie to and from Preschool!
Tomorrow, my friend and neighbor, Trisha, is going to pick me up and take me to her salon. Then, she's going to wash my hair really good and put it in a couple tight braids in my hair. I was going to have her straighten in but, I'm either laying or sitting in my reclining chair, and then I get hot or it turns into a rats nest so, braids would be easier. I usually can do it on my own but, with the staples and tubes on my sides, it is a strain and hurts to lift my arms that high or for that long.
I was told to call my Dr. this morning, to see when I should go into get the drain tubes out. As scared as I am for Dr. Klomp to take them out, I'm excited to get the tubes out because they are annoying, uncomfortable, and irritating!!!! I'm still draining too much for them to come out tomorrow so, my appointment to have the drains removed is for Thursday morning. My staples will come out sometime next week.
While Mike has had major issues with this surgery, he has been trying very hard to help in other areas. He's been taking the kids swimming and other places to give my Mom and I a break.....mostly my Mom. I'm grateful for whatever way he's willing to help. Hopefully he'll come around on the other issues but, I'm grateful for the help and support that I DO get!
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