Rhinoplasty

Oh how naive I was to think that this wouldn't be that painful. Just a little marker to show where to sculpt and shave the nose, no problem. Then....

Monster!! Ok, this is about the most uncomfortable, painful thing ever. Luckily my mom caught wind weeks ago from one of my dad's patients that a nose job is no walk in the park, so she graciously came to rescue me. Seriously, I really don't know what I'd do without her. She has taken care of me and makes sure I take all of my pills. She does math with Gill and drives the girls to all of their activities and even took Gavin to the doctor. He has an ear infection.

The surgery took almost 5 hours and when I woke up my neck hurt SO bad from being still for so long. The doctor said that I had some stubborn bone fragments in my nose and scar tissue as well as damaged cartilage. So he cleaned everything out and straightened it up and even straightened out the tip and made it less pointy. I'll look just like Michael Jackson, at least that was the image I told him to have in his mind. By the time I was home and in bed I was in tears. Joelle and Bryan were there and held my hands until the drugs took effect and I drifted off to sleep. Where was Darren you may ask.... working hard as usual. Poor guy works too hard and too much. I sure love him!

Sleep has been the worst part of it because I can't breathe out of my nose. Darren says I spend the night gasping for breath and when I wake up my mouth is so dry I can barely close it. I usually have dreams that I am desperately searching everywhere for water and can't find any. Or that I have a hose but I can't spray the water in my mouth. Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink! Now that I have the packing out of my nose I can finally breathe a bit better.