A week and a day

Well, it has been a week and a day since they cut me open and made me bionic. It has been a long week, but it hasn't been as bad as I expected it would be.

The hospital was a less terrible experience than I had expected it would be. There was really only two terrible nurses, and they didn't affect me that much, the food was decent, and I didn't have a roommate after I got moved, which was the nicest part of all. I was more or less comfortable, and well taken care of.

Home has been good. Of course the last few days have been better because Brian has been home and we are just hanging out all day. In fact he made an awesome Thanksgiving feast for us last night. He decided on Wednesday that he wanted to BBQ a turkey and ended up planning side dishes as well. It was hard for me to be upstairs while he cooked, cause as all of you know, cooking is my favorite thing. He did set me up with the fresh green beans to trim the ends, but that was all I really had in me. Dinner came out amazing, and was a very special thing for Brian to do.

I have had a few hard moments. Like when I am on my 6th hour of TV for the day and I start to wonder what the heck I am going to do for 5 or 6 more weeks of this... Or when I am getting out of bed and my legs seem to be getting weaker and it makes it harder. But, like Brian said as I was walking my laps upstairs tonight, it was only one week ago that I was walking and passing out after 100 steps. I have already come a long way.

Part of the problem that was caused by the disk herniation was that I couldn't get up on my right toes at all. I still can't. But I do think my gait is better, which leads me to think it might come along. I have had a kind of stop in my right stride because I didn't have any push off, and I feel like that halting stop is gone. It might just be that I am walking slower, or with smaller steps, but we will see.

I don't know if anyone is even looking at this still, as I have been bad about posting. Well, I know my friend Piper has been, cause she just commented, which led me to post now... so, if you are still reading, give me a shout out.

I am sleeping tons, watching the tube, looking at magazines, facebook, and pintrest. I can't really read a book right now, cause my attention span stinks on these meds, but along with that comes the ability to not become too bored with boring things, so hey.

I so appreciate all the texts, calls, emails, and visits. You don't know what it does for me. It reminds me that this is temporary and real life will resume before I know it.

Night.
xoxo