Day Twenty

Wow, it's amazing that 20 days have passed since my surgery. In some ways it seems longer, and in other ways shorter. Very hard to believe.

Today was our Suntken Christmas at the parents. I was fine initially when I woke up, but in the middle of getting ready I went through this spell where I felt lighted-headed and sick to my stomach. I've been getting this about every other day since I left the hospital, and it comes out of nowhere. I thought it might be related to my meds, but today there did not appear to be a correlation. Usually laying down or eating something like a piece of toast remedies the situation, and today was the same. It turns out my brother, who was driving up from Athens, Ohio this morning, also was ill so between the two of us we delayed the start of our Christmas from 10:30 to noon.

Despite my poor brother struggling with a bad sore throat, it was a wonderful day. Lots of stories, laughter, and it was just a great time; so great that we got home just a little before 11pm! My back muscles are sore - the La-Z-Boy chairs were not as comfortable as I predicted - but I managed. It has been so long since we've all been together for more than just a few hours, and with the stress of the surgery behind us I think everyone just felt like a huge weight had been lifted. Today was our day to celebrate and give thanks as a family, I think we accomplished that.