Ouch.

I'm hoooome! Surgery is over and it was very successful. My surgeon is wonderful. The surgery lasted just over an hour and he said that it was straightforward and uncomplicated. He said that there was definitely a hernia and he repaired it easily, found the nerve right away and severed it.


So. Glad. It's. Over.


I'm in a considerable amount of pain, but knowing that this is transient is SUCH a relief. But I'm doing well, considering. I'm getting up and down much more easily than I did after my C-section and the pain medication is working well. The hardest part is not being able to pick up my babies when they want me to.


My stay in the hospital last night was interesting, to say the least. I should have a T-shirt printed, "I survived a stay in the VA Hospital". God. It is SOOOOOO much different than a Navy hospital. This is NOT a good thing. The nursing care in general was abysmal and resulted in me having a meeting with the patient care advocate and the nursing supervisor. It's too long of a story for me to go into right now, but let me tell you this: the straw that broke the camel's back was being DENIED pain medication on schedule. Being told that "you already had such-and-such and that should be enough". WTF?


Anyway, after a conference with the nursing supervisor and a shot of Dilaudid in my ass, all is well.


I'm home now and in the care of Glynn, Mom, and Megan. The kids are great, I missed them so much! Brady just doesn't understand why I can't pick him up right now and it breaks my heart. Maddie keeps wanting to climb on me and we have to remind her that Mommy has a boo-boo and she can't do that.

Mom goes home tomorrow and I'm going to miss her so much! It's been great having her here. There's nothing quite like having Mom around when you're in pain.


Shirley comes in tomorrow so Mom will be passing the torch to her. I'm glad to have all the help I can get right now. Mom's got the house so deep-cleaned that the only thing to do in that respect is keep up with the laundry and daily cleaning, and help feed and bathe the babies.

Speaking of babies, Glynn and Brady are out doing some "guy shopping" right now. They're picking out a mower. It's so cute. Glynn loves having a little guy to do all of the dude errands with. He told me that last night they watched basketball together. I love it. Glynn and his little mini-me.


It's time for me to go sit with an ice pack so I'll update more tomorrow. Thanks to everybody for your prayers and good wishes. It always helps!


More Percocet-induced deep thoughts to come...... stay tuned, folks, it's gonna get interesting around here.