Post-Surgery Update

Thanks for all the thoughts, prayers, and well-wishes, everyone!  It helps to go through something like this with lots of support.

Everything went really, really well on Tuesday morning.  My appointment was at 8:30 am.  My face was heavily numbed by 8:40.  (Why is getting anesthesia the most painful part?  Oh, sweet irony!)  By 9, I could smell my flesh being burned away.  (Yum?)  Tim was able to return to the exam room a little bit later.  He told me the hole in my cheek was rather large.  Didn't think much of it at the time.  By 9:30, the doc returned to tell me that all was clear.  How great that she only had to do one pass!  She stitched me up and I was home by 10:15.  My doctor was fantastic.  She has twin 7 m.o. girls, so during the surgery we talked about our kids teething and where to buy inexpensive children's clothing.  At home, my mom was taking care of Flynn.  Luckily, Drake was at daycare; I just didn't have the energy to deal with his high energy.

Yes, I have a Nemo icepack on my face.

I was in some pain most of the day and quite swollen.  Pain pills, good!

Can you see the shiner start to form?

The first thing Drake said to me when he returned home was, "Mommy has an owie."  He then proceeded to snuggle into my lap.  He was very concerned and protective.  He even shared his Halloween candy with me.  (He returned to his normal 2 y.o. self by morning.)

I was still pretty out of it yesterday.  Today, I feel almost normal.  I still have some swelling, but I was able to take the bandage off today.  Holy crap!  25 stitches.  Thankfully, she did a great job: no puckering and such.

This would have been a great look for Halloween!

They say the truth is stranger than fiction.  Not in this case.  I'm telling everyone I was in a bar fight- far more entertaining (for me).