Recovering & No More Opioids

Another long day here in New York with some ups and downs.  Last night was difficult as Sara spent the night in the PACU recovering from surgery, which also meant that I was unable to stay with her.  It seems most of last night she was of course sleeping, but also struggling a lot with nausea.  Amazingly, she really doesn't have that much trouble with the pain, it's usually more of an issue with nausea from the attempts to manage her pain.  So we've already put a stop to the opioids.

By the time I was back in the hospital, it was probably just after 8am.  She was still in the PACU, but wouldn't be long before they would have a room setup for her upstairs.  I was worried about the prospect of a shared room, as that was the impression that I got from someone initially.  Thankfully they set us up in a room that was not huge, but was an individual space and honestly was very similar to what we would have expected in Fargo.  And I was also glad to hear later that it was perfectly acceptable for me to stay with her tonight for support.

Throughout the rest of the day she has been feeling better bit by bit, even got up and walked down the hall a little.  Once again, the thing that stopped her from walking further was the nausea.

Later this evening we got to have a video call with our kiddos - which was much needed and reminded me how lucky we are to have such a great support system back home with Sara's parents and my mom taking great care of our babies.  Sounds like they are all having a lot of fun in fact!

Day by day and hour by hour Sara will recover a bit more and tomorrow is an important day of making sure Sara is getting up and moving.  The nurses have been impressed with her progress so far!

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