Well, it has been five days in the hospital doing absolutely nothing. I can say I do not do well when I do nothing had some big victories. I was able to get off the side of the bed with my leg in the rod so I have strength, which is good. It’s amazing how humbling a stint in the hospital is when you can’t do anything for yourself it’s crazy everything you think of that you can do by yourself. You literally can’t do it. I mean, I can touch my toes. I’m a pretty flexible person. I can’t touch my toes right now just because of the rods so my mobility is extremely limited. My Chapstick was literally an inch too far and I could not reach. I’m not gonna call a nurse for that, they are busy with other patients. I will just go without and have papier-mâché lips. I’ll wait until they come in and check on me. I need one of those little grabby things.
My dad is coming down to help just with doctors appointments and getting me up which I’m very thankful for because I didn’t know how we were gonna do it. I offered to buy the plane ticket but getting a truck driver on a plane in the winter is very difficult so he is driving primarily because of all the snow storms up north and I think he has a I’m going to fix that while I’m down there list going through his head. And thank you to my aunts, Joan and Denise for taking care of my mom and my aunt Diane, my dad’s the primary caregiver for both of them, just making sure that they’re OK so he can be down here to make sure I’m OK is extremely heartwarming and I can’t thank them enough. I know I could ask people I know that I don’t do well asking for help.
To my coworker David, who came to visit me the first day because he couldn’t believe it and he wanted to make sure I was OK. Sorry, you had to see your Mama Thompson like this. The people who have reached out to me via text via Facebook message, via Instagram, I cannot thank everyone enough for your kind words your encouragement I am completely blown away by this. I can’t even describe how humbling it is to know how many people care so thank you to everyone who has reached out the prayers, the juju, the good vibes all of it. I am so very thankful. To my coworkers for once again just letting me throw my two cents in on the chat “no this is how you do it.” The response is “oh my God you must be so bored.” I am, I am very bored.
I am excited to see how fast I can go home after my surgery sounds like Tuesday, but I would love to be able to sleep in my own bed tomorrow night. We’re gonna follow the doctors orders, however, and take one step at a time and listen to everything everyone has to say and listen to the physical therapist. I still have a goal to go to Australia in April. I may have to cut New Zealand out, but I do really wanna go to Australia. It is a bucket list item. I don’t care if I’m in a wheelchair we can pull straws to see who wheels me around.
I will say I will miss HGTV when I get out of the hospital that is all I’ve watched. There’s some wild shows on there.
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