A recap of the first full day at home

If you count surgery day (Tuesday, January 28) as Day 0, then yesterday was Day 2.  It was a better day --not great, but better.  The night after getting home from the hospital was hard, but at least any interruptions to my sleep were my own and not the interruptions of medical personnel, so that was a plus.  Stan helped me to the bathroom once and I went once by myself, so I only actually got out of bed twice, but I woke up multiple times dues to discomfort--not really pain, just discomfort which is entirely tolerable.

The day itself (Thursday) was very quiet, a day of rest before the day of stress on Friday. I alternated between my computer desk (about 1.5 hours in the morning), the recliner, and briefly the daybed in late afternoon. Every couple of hours, I got up to walk around the house for 10 minutes or so.  Aside from eating, that was about it!  I spent most of the day reading, my favorite activity, interspersed with minimalist meals provided by Stan.  For lunch there was a bowl of chicken won ton soup (from a can) and baked potato chips.  During the long afternoon, I drank ginger ale while reading and then while chatting with the younger son who came by to "babysit" me so Stan could go to the Rec Center. After younger son left and Stan returned, I walked some more, then retired to the daybed to read and eventually to doze for about 30 minutes. Not a very eventful day, but it's only Day 2 after all!

We had dinner promptly at 6:00 like we always do.  Fruit and cheese had been such a successful dinner in the hospital that I asked for it again at home, so Stan had gone by the grocery store on his way home from the Rec Center to buy a couple of cartons of pre-cut fruit.  Cheese, baked chips, fruit, and peach yogurt were my dinner which I ate in the recliner while Stan ate on the couch.  We watched the first half of a movie, "Their Finest Hour," while eating but I was too tired to watch any more than one hour.

Bedtime was at 8:00 and that, my friends, is the recount of Day 2.  To add a couple of specifics, I'll say that my leg is still extremely swollen and warm but there's no real pain.  I took only one Percocet with breakfast and one with dinner, so I think I'm managing the pain element well.  The calf pain from surgery day and Day 1 is gone, but because of swelling, my leg is stiff.  I can lift it by myself onto and off the bed so I'm relieved not to have to ask Stan to lift my leg (which I did yesterday).  It's not a stunning medical miracle, but it's progress.  I'll take it!