2 steps forward 1 step back...but now back on track!

So things were going so well and Sarah was progressing nicely as of Tuesday evening, things seemed to take a turn early Wednesday morning.  Sarah was complaining of a mild headache and slight nausea, most likely the side effects of the anesthesia working its way out of her system.  Wednesday evening/Thursday morning was not very fun!  Very little sleep and trying to get her to drink her water and eat just something seemed to be a huge struggle.  Needless to say by early Thursday morning she was not doing well at all and I was very concerned at that point.  Something was not right for sure since she was doing SO WELL just 12 hours earlier.  I made a call to the doctor and they recommended that we go back the SkyRidge ER and get some IV fluids back in her system since she was most likely dehydrated.

So back to SkyRidge we went and Sarah was definitely dealing with a huge migraine at this point.  What I thought would be a quick 2-3 hour visit for fluids turned out to be about a 6 hour stay in the ER.  I was completely exhausted and pushed to my limits at this point.  It was hard to see my wife struggling so much and dealing with the nausea and a severe headache. We made the executive decision to have her start taking some oral anti-nausea medicine and switch to Dilaudid since the Percocet just seemed to be more harm than good (itching and possible cause of the headache).  We made our way home with our new medicine regiment to help stop the nausea, itching, and headaches.  Let me tell you what a God send that was to make that change.  By 3am Sarah was alert and ready to eat (a little pudding and jell-o…fine with me as long as it was something).  I was practically forcing water in her every 30 minutes since I didn’t want the dehydration issues to pop back up.  By the morning she was eating cereal with Isabelle and doing so much better, a complete 180 from just 12 hours prior and having to be in the ER.  She was up and moving and back to her old form from when she left the hospital on Tuesday, SUPERWOMAN was back in action!  I prayed and prayed all night long that God would help her feel better…..prayers were answered!  Praise the Lord!

We went to her cosmetic surgeon today at 11:30 and checked on the healing.  Still progressing nicely and she is doing great!  So much so that we got 2 of the drains out today.  That is huge relief because let me tell you how much fun those are to drain and do every 3-4 hours….yeah it SUCKS! LOL….pulling that out of Sarah was a little surreal to watch!  But she was a tough cookie and did it without any anesthetic and powered through it.  She wasn’t ready to see her boobs in the current appearance but let me tell you what….she is absolutely beautiful and her boobs look great after major surgery.  There is nothing at all that she has be ashamed of and these scars one day will be almost completely non-visible and small reminder of the journey she has gone thru….the battle that she won! Her spirit and resilience is truly amazing to see….she amazes me more and more every day!  She has so much fight in her…..gotta love it!  It’s truly contagious….

We were able to leave the doctor’s office and go get a bite to eat at The Pancake House….eggs and pancakes!  Overall things are back on track and she is doing great!  Next appointment will be on Tuesday and she will be able to shower that morning….she is looking forward to that day for sure!  We are still waiting to hear back about the pathology from the lymph nodes….her oncologist is out of town so it appears that we will wait until early next week.

I was able to go workout for an hour….Thank you Britany….and I even took the kids to the pool to get out of the house!  Things are getting back to the normal routine faster than I had anticipated other than the small setback yesterday…..my wife is a champ!

Thank you to everyone who has sent flowers…..it beautiful to see them all over the house….see what we see all over the house!