I guess I can start by saying I am all well and good. The surgery went perfectly and I am in the prossess of recovering now. I am also getting the ball rolling to have surgery on my left side of my face. They are going to fix the nerves so that I can smile even again. I am also looking into geting a chocoluar implant, I have a meeting with a specialest about that comeing up next month. So lots is still happing but mostly I am home bored. I read a lot and sleep many hours, thanks to the medication I take. I take less and less med every day so soon I will be off that. I am up 8 surgeries now. Out of my whole life I have 8 surgeries but been cut open 9 times. See when they did this last surgery on my head they cut a part of fat from my tummy and used it as a cover inside my head. Sounds funny but it means I got another scar. By the time I'm back in school in the summmer I will have had a total of 10 surgeries (11 if I get the chocoular implant). But if you think about it that is 3 surgeries in the space of 6 months, crazy. I stressed to my doctors that if we do have more surgery I want it before school starts so they are trying hard to get done fast for me :) I have like 3 doctors and a handful of student doctors that just find my case fasinating. At the hospital I never knew if the person was a nurse or a doctor or a student lol. I would as them something and they say ask the nurse then another person came in and I would ask them the question and they say ask the nurse and I would tell mom "she was not the nurse?" and mom said she was a student doctor. Finaly another person came in with blood presure machine and I go that must be a nurse. She said she was the nurse for this shift (even more confusing they change people per shift). So I asked her the question and she said ask the doctor! It was a never ending curcle the whole time I was there heheh. Mom did a good job of interpeting when I asked questions, I am proud of her working so hard at signing. The food there was gret but I had no desire to eat. I was sick and throwing up for 2 days, then I had thurshen so I couldnt tast or swallow well. I ate a lot of ice cream cuz it was the only thing that didnt hurt to eat lol. I spent 5 days in the hospital 2 days in the ICU. They didnt let me take a shower and it was the worst ever. Although mom says the water for the shower was freezing and she hated it. All in all it was nice to finaly be home. Mom took the following week off work that week and when I got home I slept all the time. I was takeing a lot of med still and it made me sooo sleepy. I still get sleepy when I take the med but I dont need it as often now. It also gives me hot flashes which are a pain at night. Man I never want to get old and have to have those all the time hehehe. So thats about it. I am recovering slowly and moving on with plans. I just take one day at a time, never knowing what I will be doing. Oh and I want to say thanks to everyone who sent me money, cards, gifts, flowers, emails, and phone cards. You all have been the cause of my smile and have helped my mom smile too. I have never had so much attention before, I really am loved :)
ok here is picture I took of my stich Feb 1st. This is before they took out the stiches, I took these when I was in the hospital. *(I made them big by mistake hehe)
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