On Friday, I had my 4 week post op appointment... I found out that I had the start of an infection in a few spots & had to be put on a 5 day antibiotic to clear that up. I also had to go back to using antibiotic ointment on those areas instead of the scar cream stuff. Besides those spots, she said my scars are looking 8 weeks ahead of schedule & because of that, they will be really faint come here in a couple months! She explained how I had "two different peoples boobs" & two completely different operations & to expect that will go through different healing changes at different times, but in about 8 more weeks, they will be what they will be & should "match up"! Just be even in cup size is good for me & I'm already feeling so much better with that so I can't even imagine how happy I will be in that time! :) I am able to wear a more formed bra as long as it doesn't have underwire. Yay! Since I won't be seeing her for a couple months (unless the infection doesn't clear up), I asked her when it would be okay to start trying for another baby & she said, go for it... then hurried to say... but wait til your home. haha I just love her personality & how down to earth she is. Of course, Joey got all red-faced on that one. We are still going to wait until August though because of my school semesters & then all we can do is hope it happens quickly & that it works perfectly with my school. I'm such a planner though that God seems like to throw suprises or twists to my "perfect" plans all the time. (I know he is just teaching me to have patience & trust in him.) The BEST news about my whole appointment was that I am finally able to pick up my baby. That month about killed me! I still have to be very careful & not carry him very long or lift, push, pull or do anything repetative... still no vacuuming. Dang it, NOT! lol She said in a couple more weeks, I will be able to gage when I can start doing more upper body things & I'm really anxious for all that so I can get in shape now that I don't have huge knockers in the way!
After my appointment, I hurried home, left everything in the car, & ran in to hold my sweet little boy. I can't even begin to describe how good it made me feel to lift him up! It was almost as good as the first time I held him, seriously! I kept it together for a few minutes until my mother-in-law left & then I went crazy kissing him & crying. I'm sure Grant was thinking that I definately had lost my mind now! I spent the whole evening with him while Joey went out with my dad & brothers. It just felt so nice to actually feel like a mom again & to not have to be babysat while I was with him! It also felt nice to be able to tell my mother-in-law that she can finally sleep in & have a break. Poor thing was pretty worn out & sore after all of this. :( My mom finally got to have time for herself to as she had spent most of her spring break over here then for the following weeks worked really early in the morning then had Grant on alot of the evenings. Its just been a nice feeling all around & it worked out perfectly to be able to lift because Joey was on call this weekend so its pretty spontaneous when he gets calls & has to go so it would've been a mess trying to manage that!
In other news... we finally decided to get curbing done around our landscape. A guy is coming to do it on Tuesday & we are so excited. The front stuff will be colored similarly to the stone on the front of our house & the backyard will be regular cement color (its cheaper). It will be so nice for both of us because the grass was taking over my flower beds & making it a pain for Joey to mow. We finally hung some really pretty red drapes over our back door. Okay, Joey did the hanging, but I picked them out & used my birthday money so I can say "we" right?! We decided to do that instead of buying regular back door blinds because of price & decoration. Win, win. We hung drapes over Grant's window too because we think that the sun through the blinds in the morning has been making him wake up earlier so hopefully this helps! (We just did it today.) We also rearranged his room so that he can't pull the drapes off the wall from his crib & I LOVE the way it all looks now. We made our spare room more or a play room so that we could clear out some of the toys from his room & the living room & thats been really nice too! Our old coffee table that we put in the spare room while Grant was learning to walk & was so clumsy, has now turned into a car-playing area in the play room. Go figure, he's all boy!! While doing all this spring cleaning, we finally decided on how & what we are going to paint & I'm so excited! I'd explain, but its too confusing without pictures so I will post some when its all finished. That is, after we can afford the paint & have the time to do it. I'm hoping in May while I'm off school for a month.
Speaking of school, I just registered for my Summer & Fall classes. This summer I will have a computer class from 1-345 Mondays & Wednesdays & also take Humanities online. Then in the fall, I will have my next & FINAL math class on Mondays & Wednesdays from 1130-1245 & Ethics on Saturdays from 8-1045. After all that I will take Chemistry in the Spring & apply to the RN program!! Its going to be such a busy year, especially if all goes well with having another baby in the mix of all of that. I just keep telling myself how thankful I will be when it is done & it will be so nice to know that I got my RN when I was only 24 & raised a family while doing it. :) Not to toot my own horn or anything because after all it will have taken me a lonnnng time to actually finish & graduate!
Sorry for the rambling... just needed to catch up!!
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