8 Days PO...SO WORTH IT!

Today I am 8 days PO. I know I have been slack in updating, but I will sum it up now. Last Wednesday, the 19th was my surgery. I was pretty nervous. When I woke up, I was still so out of it. All I remember is the recovery nurse talking A LOT. I am not the nicest person when I come out of anesthesia, so I remember just being irritable. I was unable to pee after the surgery so I ended up having to have a catheter and was sent home with it.

Day 1 PO, my husband removed the catheter and I was able to go pee on my own. I don't recall much from PO days 1 or 2 because I was heavily medicated on Demerol. The only thing I do remember is that my period started, and it was a week early! Has this happened to anyone before?? My cycles have always been regular. It made me mad because I had scheduled my surgery accordingly, so that I wouldn't have to worry about having my period the first week of having surgery. Day 3 PO was Saturday, I was able to take my first shower. Well my "shower" ended up being me sitting on a chair in the shower and having a sponge bath. I did manage to wash my hair though by having my husband rinse it using a cup. Day 4 PO I had ran out of Demerol, so I started Percocets. The only thing that I recall about Sunday was that we missed out on 2 church services :-( . Monday was day 5 PO, and we ended up going back for my first follow-up appointment. It wasn't suppose to be until Thursday (today) but my husband had called in and told them that my drains were draining under 20cc. They ended up taking out one of my drains, and it didn't hurt at all! Tuesday, day 5 PO I took my second "shower". I was exhausted afterwards. Didn't do much of anything. Yesterday was day 7 PO and I was determined to make to church. I text my pastor's wife and had her reserve the back pew of the over flow section for me. I took 3 pillows, one to sit on, one for my back, and one to hold on my stomach god forbid I had to cough. Besides my back killing me from standing, it was great. Afterwards we went to Denny's with some friends. I was incredibly exhausted after church and dinner. But I was so glad to get out of the house for a little bit anyway. Today my mom and grandma brought my baby girl home. She has been with them for the last week which has been very helpful. My next PO appointment is next Tuesday. I'm going to bring up the fact that my belly button is slightly off to the left. My husband thinks its only because I am swollen, but I don't know why it would cause it to be off centered. It's not that bad, but still, being cosmetic surgery I expect it to be right. I don't know what they could possibly do to fix it..?

My surgery is this Wednesday! I am so excited and nervous. Going to rent a recliner from Aaron's tomorrow. Also going to get my prescriptions filled.

After doing much research, I found a plastic surgeon in Greenville (NC). He has great reviews and is a tad bit closer to home. I had a consultation with him today, and I thought it went great. Come to find out, he actually opened the practice 20 years ago, and the only way they advertise (besides their plain website) is by word of mouth. After my consult, I then went to see the scheduler to go over the costs and schedule availability. I was pleased to find out that the total cost would be $5,605...full tummy tuck with MR and lipo where needed. I was so excited that I went ahead and scheduled my surgery! I go for a checkup/pre-op on September 6th, and then surgery on September 19th. I am so excited, yet it doesn't feel real yet. My husband is going to put in for time off for the surgery tomorrow at work, so maybe when he tells me that his leave is approved it will sink in...?