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Recovery Part One

My 24 staples* and I were wheeled out of the hospital Friday morning, along with prescriptions for three mighty powerful drugs.

Here I am on Monday morning waiting to get all checked in (and still mostly smiling):

The rest of my hospital stay was unremarkable – I wasn’t allowed to sit up or get out of bed or even raise the back of the bed until Thursday at noon (77 hours after I first got onto the bed before the surgery). So that pretty much sucked. But the nurses and other hospital staff were great and I had a ton of fantastic company; Elizabeth and my family who stayed in the hospital pretty much all day, everyday, and lots of good friends who stopped in to say hi and hang for a bit.  Here’s a picture of my home all week (after I was allowed to raise the bed and get up):

It’s really nice to be home and sitting on my couch and eating out of my fridge and sleeping in my bed. And hanging out with the boys. I’m still in a fair amount of discomfort, but that’s where the percoset and oxy come in. Each day I’ve taken the dogs on a nice morning walk and gone on one excursion. Yesterday, I went to Santa Monica with my dad to get some Nike Frees and today it was a trip to the Melrose Place Farmer’s Market for some delicious fruit and a bunch of yummy stuff from Dave’s Gourmet Korean Food booth.

The nice thing is that I am getting better every day. As long as I make sure to take it easy, that trend should continue.

*If you want to see some bonus pictures, follow these links – but be warned, they’re a little nasty. The first photo is a shot of my full back so you can see the entire incision, the second photo is a close of of the incision and the 24 staples!