The Last 7 days
If you follow me on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/cloer you know that my wife had surgery last Tuesday. Needless to say the last 7 days have been a little crazy. Difficult times really point out who your friends are or who is paying attention to your Facebook page. I would characterize this time in three ways, the good, the bad and the funny.

The Good -
Her surgery was a success. It all went very well, super smooth. The four procedures that they did in her sinus cavities were completed without problems. She has had minimal swelling and absolutely no bruising.

People in our life have really shown their love in the last week with visits, dinner, flowers, chocolate, text messages, and calls. Some people that you expect to be concerned aren't and some people that you don't expect anything from really show they care. It's actually interesting to see it play out.

The Bad -
Because of the extent of her surgery the pain was pretty severe. Even today a week after the initial surgery, she is in enough pain to be crying. It should be noted that my wife is tough, she rarely cries so I know she's hurting. When you're taking two Tylenol with Codeine and you're still hurting enough to cry, it's got to be bad.

Today she has to go back to the doctor's office to get the stints in her nose removed. Based on information from EVERYONE who's had a similar procedure done...this will hurt BAD. I'm nervous about today for her sake.

The Funny -
For the first 4 days my wife was on some heavy duty pain medication which made her a little loopy. We would be talking normally, maybe even better than normal, and she would suddenly go to sleep. She would go from chatty to a sound sleep in about 30 seconds. After a few amusing days of this we found out that she was allergic to the medication and it was causing that behavior, as well as itchy skin.

Life is good,
Ron