Almost Two Weeks

Well, I'm almost generally healed now. It still looks all gross though because I'm scared to scrub very hard, hehe. But other than the usual random pangs of pain, I'm doing great. I'm sure if you know me, you've seen a picture already, but if not, email me. Or leave a comment here with your email and I'll get it over to you. Hope all is well with everyone else.

Sunday Morning

Alright, so it's Sunday now. I'm doing much better. I mean, yeah I get tired every once in a while, but mostly I'm doing fine. I think we're gonna go out soon. Which will be nice since I haven't been out in quite a long time. Well since Friday morning. Yeah, so basically it's annoying, but bearable. I feel bad too though because Margaret doesn't feel great either. I wish I could help out more than I can. It's just so hard to move around and stuff. The most annoying part is the dirtiness. Especially cause dirtiness itches. Alright, hope all is well with you.

Approximately 15 hours post-op

Camdin is sleeping, finally. It's been a long day, but an unbelievably good one.

I'm just going to give a short update, more insights to come later.

We arrived at the surgery center at 6:00am, surgery started at 7:30 on the dot, and we were out the door by noon. Dr. Brownstein said everything went exceptionally well. We think the results will turn out favorable. Camdin has an appointment on Wednesday to have the drains taken out, and on Thursday to have the stitches removed. Then, on Saturday afternoon (hopefully!) we fly home to Chicago. I think he will be much more comfortable once we are finally home.

He's been doing very well, as far as post-op patients go. The nausea comes and goes, but I think it might finally be gone for good now. His body doesn't deal well with pain medications, let alone Percoset. His drainage looks good. He gets tired very easily, but with every day that will get better.

We thank everyone for their best wishes and will keep everyone posted.

In SF

Ok, so we arrived yesterday. Overall as a city, I think it's alright. I mean, it's no Chicago, but then again, nothing is. The hills are pretty cool since Chicago is so flat, but I'm not completely overwhelmingly impressed with the architecture I've seen. My mom did comment though that this is one of the worse states she's seen San Francisco in.

Anyway, so today I have an appointment at 1 with Dr. Brownstein. Last night, I got... nervous. For the first time in... ever I thought about this actually being me. It was odd. We'll see. Everybody seems to think I'm just gonna bounce right back from this cause I'm so young and sprightly and I hope they're right, but who knows? Meanwhile, we're all just puttering around, not having strict plans and it's nice. I'm in this huge king size bed! It's pretty cool. But I wouldn't like it all the time because Margaret's so far away from me when she's on the other side! Hehe, ok, well I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm here and I'm nervous/excited.

I'll post again about the appointment later. My surgery is at 7:30 am, so don't expect any posts that day, hehe. Alright, hope all is well with everyone!