What a Crazy Holiday Season

Well, I survived. I had surgery one week ago and all went well. My gall bladder was swollen and there was extra scar tissue they did not expect so that caused a little extra discomfort. I have 3 puncture wounds and a stitched up belly button with a very nasty bruise but that's about it. The soreness of my insides is getting better each day and I'm only using the pain pills at night to sleep.

Good thing we decided to skip our trip to Houston because we had a lovely visit to the emergency room at Irving Baylor on Christmas Morning around 1am. We ad Christmas Eve with our friends next door and I had pretty bad heartburn after. I went home and put Wyatt to bed while David stayed over and played games with them. The more time went by, the worse I was feeling until I finally got "sick". David came home right then to witness that I was getting worse. So, he called the surgeon. The surgeon said to take a pain pill if I had one and see if that helped. If not, he advised us to go to the ER. We waited about 30 minutes and I got sick again with no pain relief so off we went. Thankfully, Rob's brother Greg and his girlfriend Rebecca came over and spent the night so Wyatt could sleep peacefully. We spent about 4 hours in the ER and after the labs, ultrasound and finally pain relief after two tries, we were sent home to wait for the surgery on Tuesday.

After a few hours sleep, David woke up and got Wyatt ready for the day and waited another 2 hours for me to wake up. Then we opened presents, got ready and headed to Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Paul's for Christmas Day with them, Grampa, Dorris, Steve and Tanya. What a long but fun day. As it turns out, it was the ham that did me in so I skipped the Christmas Day ham and ate salad and veggies.

I am now looking forward to a 2009 with better health. In 2008, I broke my ankle and had gall bladder surgery. That is plenty enough drama for me.