Surgery Update

I just got back not too long ago from the hospital. Mom's surgery was postponed until today because someone else had an emergency. The good news is, all is well so far. She's recovering from the surgery at the normal rate, although it wound up taking a little bit longer to actually do since she wound up needing part of her aorta replaced too, as it had gotten a little too stretched. The best news of the day was her getting the breathing tube out of her mouth an hour before they expected, especially since that meant we got to talk to her before we left.

After seeing her talking and sounding something like her normal self, if a little bit hoarse and dopey, my nerves cleared up I could keep down a meal. Granted, it was a small meal and I didn't eat it all, but I hadn't been able to keep anything down for the last few days because of my nerves so it's a clear improvement. Now I just have to get things squared away with work, as I'm having issues getting time off. It turns out I didn't qualify for the type of time off the recommended me requesting for this situation as I'm part time and didn't meet the minimum requirement of hours worked in the last 12 months to qualify for it. I may wind up needing to use personal and vacation time to take care of mom. Needing to do that would put an end to some trips I wanted to make, but considering all my mom did for me when I was really sick she's worth it.

The day was VERY long. I actually didn't even sleep a wink Thursday night, only taking a two hour nap around 5pm on Thursday and a two hour nap on a loveseat in the waiting room this morning. It was a VERY uncomfortable nap and I wound up switching sides multiple times because of leg and neck cramps, but I got a little rest. I brought a backpack full of reading materials along with me, a few novels and a few manga volumes since I had no idea what I'd be in the mood to read. I barely read a chapter of even one of them, but I think I brought them along more as a "security blanket" thing than to actually read. Having reading material with me makes me feel a little more relaxed usually.

Between my dad and I we managed to contact most of our family and friends and keep them updated on everything once we got home. It would have been infinitely easier to keep everyone up to pace if dad had a cell phone but we've almost got everyone up to date on things. Right now I'm just going to focus on getting some rest, as I look like I feel right now and tomorrow is going to be enough of a challenge as it is, what with all the walking I did today and how my fibromyalgia is probably going to make me pay in spades for it tomorrow on top of dealing with work, that I should just rest as much as I can now.