Well, by now most of you probably know that I survived my very grueling surgery. Some of it was so much harder than I imagined it could be, and some of it has been easier than I ever dreamed. Things have been so crazy for our family this summer! We were able to get moved into our new home the week before my surgery. I drove by our new house on the day we had signed all the closing papers. The seller was outside so I stopped and as soon as I got out of the car he said, "I know why you're here." I was surprised and said, "Really?" And he said, "Sure, come inside and I'll give you the keys." So that easily we got the keys and I went home to call the carpet cleaners. They said that they had an appointment cancel that morning and they had one spot. So I snatched it up and we started moving in.
We got everything in by Saturday afternoon and that same afternoon we finished at our old house. We were all soooo tired, but our house was a mess and I knew that I couldn't go into surgery knowing how much needed to be done so we got to work. We got most everything out in it's place by Saturday night. We still had to put our bedroom together so we did work on that a little Sunday morning. By the time Sunday evening came most everything was in it's place with a few things put on the walls. I knew then that I could go in for surgery and not worry about my house. It turns out that it was such a huge blessing that we got our keys early because the house didn't fund until this last Thursday. More than a week after we thought it would. We are so grateful that we were able to get the keys and be moved in!!!!
Monday morning came bright and early. I was a little nervous, but not too much. Pretty soon everything was ready and the next thing I knew I was waking up from my surgery. I was a wreck!!!! I was so anxious and yelling at everyone that they were too loud and that my head was going to explode. They went and got my surgeon and brought him in to calm me down. He ordered some drugs and I was off again into lala land. Monday night and Tuesday all day they kept me super sedated. I really thought I was going to die and never feel normal again. It was super scary! The dr said that Tuesday would be my hardest day. Well, it may have been my easiest because I was so drugged. Each day I showed huge signs of improvement so Friday morning when the dr came to see me he said he wanted me to head home. So I waited for my mom to come and take me home to be with my kids. I did really well on Friday evening. I still am not sleeping much at night so that's hard, but when I got up Saturday morning I started throwing up. I threw up all day late into the evening. I couldn't keep any food or pills down. I am doing much better this morning and haven't thrown up so we'll keep our fingers crossed. All the throwing up and the fact that I haven't had any pills for pain since yesterday morning have made my tummy pretty sore. I should back up a little and say that since I'd had Sam by c-section my tummy wasn't optimum for taking the tissue so Dr Oliva (my plastic surgeon) had to take a lot more tissue than he had thought so I'm tucked SUPER tightly!! Standing up is out of the question. Scott says I look like a hobbit when I walk anywhere. He took about an 8" piece out of my belly! When I get all healed up I'm sure I'll be glad, but for right now I will NEVER recommend a tummy tuck by choice to anyone!!!!
On Tuesday Victoria got her wisdom teeth out. She did soooo well! She followed all the rules and has healed very quickly. Friday night she was looking a little swollen, but by this morning she's pretty much back to normal. I feel like this was a tender mercy for our family this week!
So I guess that's it...we just keep plugging away. Thanks for all the prayers, emails, help with the move, etc. I know they have helped!!
We had a lot of fun planning and keeping it a surprise. Victoria said she had no idea so it really worked. We love you Victoria and are so glad you're part of our family! We hope you had a wonderful day. You only get to be 16 once, and we're glad you're 'sweet' 16!!
