Merry Christmas everyone!

First off merry Christmas Eve/Day to everyone!!!!

Today we finally get to go home after my surgery last Thursday! We have been here for 10 days and we are all more than ready to go home. It has been a great trip and we got to see and do so much before my surgery, but we are all ready to go home and get back into our own routines and beds! I am looking forward to getting home because we have a tempurpedic bed at home! Traveling will be a long and tiring endeavor today. Our flight is not until 8:35 Eastern time, so we will need to leave the condo at around 6 o'clock and won't return back home until about midnight or so. The plan is to plop me in a wheelchair because I will be in pain and drugged up. Hopefully this will also help to speed up security and baggage checking! I also did 1/2 an IV bag today and 1/2 a bag yesterday, so hopefully that will keep me from crashing as well.

I did not sleep well last night, sadly. The medications from the hospital are completely worn off now and I seem to keep getting more pain. This makes sense as pain normally gets worse before it gets better. During the day I am doing pretty well, but am still requiring my pain medication and my muscle relaxer on a regular schedule, but overnight is when the pain tends to really kick in.

Yesterday I had my mom help me wash my hair because I am not allowed to get my incision wet yet. I also go some spray in no-rinse shampoo and was able to wash off my body, so I feel a lot better after that! I hope it is not too much longer before I can take a real shower!!!

Have a great holiday everyone and I hope all my spoonie readers (please read this post if you do not know what that means) are feeling as well as possible as I know how difficult the holidays can be on people with chronic illnesses!