Gmorning. Happy Valentine’s Day. This one will go down in history as the absolute most bizarre V. Day of all time. I’m waking up in a hotel room with my parents, There’s a blizzard outside (well, just kind of snowing a bit so far, but it’s supposed to get wild today) and I’m about to prepare for abdominal surgery tomorrow which means no solid food, though I can have the bone broth I brought, gatorade, the surgery prep and a bunch of antibiotics. What is even happening??
Last night was a nice night. Mom, Dad and I ordered delivery from a healthy food restaurant (Market Something-or-other) and found a wonderful spot in front of a fireplace in the lobby of the hotel. Surprisingly, we were the only ones sitting in front of the fire. Got a bottle of wine from the lobby refrigerator - ha. There are limited resources here…it’s just one of those little chain places that’s not fancy, but it will work for our purposes - especially that fireplace!
My niece sent the absolute most adorable message to me (thanks to my SIL). And it made us all cry. She told me not to be scared and that everybody was with me…she named everyone by name. It was gut wrenching. I’m trying to figure out how to save that message from messenger.
I can’t help being scared, but I must, MUST go into this thing strong, ya know? We CAN do hard things!
Yesterday I talked with a friend of a friend who’s been through this surgery. She actually told me that it was harder than she thought it was going to be. She said she needed a lot more help afterwards than she realized. I mean, my docs and all of the info I’ve seen online say that this is a pretty straightforward procedure then you here THIS?!
It’s for that reason that an old friend of mine from my Great Midwest years is going to come visit for a few days. She talked it over with her family and is determined to come stay with me from Friday through Monday. I love that she is doing this, but I’m also a little worried - I only have one bedroom and my sofa is not for sleeping, so I think that she’s going to borrow an air mattress from a friend and we’ll rig something up. I don’t mind if she sleeps with me but she wants me to have my own space.
So yes, for those of you who said I need someone with me, there you go. She will be there.
Now if I get out of the hospital on Wed…there’s supposed to be another snow storm. Not sure what to do with that. And if I get out of the hospital Thurs, I’ll only have one day to be solo unless maybe my friend M can come stay with me. Or maybe Best Bud? I suppose we’ll figure that out when we figure that on the other side of this surgery.
Literally ONE STEP AT A TIME!
Ok, guys. Happy Valentine’s Day!
xox,
GS
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