Getting ready for surgery

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Hi June buddies!

Is everyone ready for surgery now? I'm getting there. Still fighting

the insurance battle to get in-network approval but otherwise

everything seems to be on course so far. My surgery could still be

post-poned if the artificial joints aren't absolutely perfect but I'm

keeping my fingers crossed that they will be. I'm still a little

worried about that. Of course I'm happy that my surgeon is a

perfectionist but I really don't want and can't afford another delay.

Now I'm just enjoying time with my girls. We're shipping them off to

their grandparents in Alabama on Sunday until I'm two weeks post-op.

I'll really miss them while they're gone but I wouldn't be able to get

much rest if they were home.

Because fish is one of the few things I can still eat, we went to my

favorite seafood restaurant. Yum! I don't know when I'll be able to

eat more normal foods again. I won't be banded shut and my surgeon

will want me chewing as soon as possible but I don't think I'll feel

up to eating a whole lot.

I'm not taking much to the hospital either. Just the clothes I'm

wearing (something loose and comfy) and a brush and baby toothbrush.

Based on my previous experiences, I don't want to wear my own gown or

pajamas. Between the drooling, bleeding, puking and occasional leaky

IV and ice packs, things got pretty messy. I didn't want to take any

of that yucky stuff home with me. I didn't leave my room much anyway

and when I did people were too busy staring at my face to notice what

I was wearing. I did put a second hospital gown on backwards to cover

my back and prevent any sneak peaks. Ha! Like there's anything to see!

minirascal-

8 days to go!

> Good Morning Fay,

>

> I was just wondering how that Food Celebration went over the

weekend.

> I hope you ate until you could eat no more..(haha)

>

> Your big day is drawing so ever closer! Are you ready now? My

> hospital stated the only thing I am to bring next Tuesday is a few

> items like, brush, lotion, etc. Other than that everything will be

> supplied at the hospital including robe and slippers! They stated

> that I will go home in what I wear to the hospital. Of course I will

> have some things snuck in! I just have to wear my new robe and

> slippers..(haha) I can see it now everyone will be walking around in

> their white robes supplied by the hospital and I will be in my new

> pink robe..(haha)

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