Day 4

I woke up today feeling extremely groggy... probably because I woke myself up last night at midnight and then again at 6am to take my antibiotics. I'm trying to be really good about them... no infections here, thanks! I actually set alarms on my phone for when I take every medication, and also put a schedule up on the fridge. It's really hard to remember when you took certain meds when you're so out of it like I am!

I'm going to have nightmares of alarms when this is all over.

Remember this stuff? It tastes like childhood. 

Last night, my Dad and brother took me on a little ride to Fry's and we got some more food for me, now that I'm a little more knowledgeable about what I can and can't eat. On the list was chicken noodle soup, orange juice, ramen noodles, applesauce, and spaghettios with meatballs. All of which I have to blend before eating. I'm going to start adding avocado into the soups to add some more nutrients as well. 

Oh, Dad. He's been so great about this whole thing!

This KitchenAid blender is awesome. The most important part of choosing a blender for this procedure is that it has puree and liquefy buttons, because you can't have any chunks at ALL! 

Ta Da! This used to be Campbell's Southwestern Soup. It was a little too spicy for me, so I switched back to chicken noodle, but you get the idea. Everything looks like baby food.  

 This morning I had my first follow up visit with Dr. Elliott. Everything is looking pretty peachy, and I get to brush my teeth now! I have to use a children's toothbrush, though, so Winnie the Pooh is gracing my bathroom with his presence at the moment. And I can't feel anything from my upper teeth up to my lower eyelids, so I have to guess that I'm brushing the right spots.

When I got home from the doctor, I took my first bath/shower since I went in on Monday. I know how gross that sounds, but today is the first day I felt well enough to do it myself... and I really didn't want my poor mother to have to bathe me. Let me tell you, that was the BEST bath I've ever had. I used that calming baby bath (Liam's, of course) and it really did help me relax so much. I feel human again for the first time in days!

Pain-wise, I'm not feeling a thing. It's just a lot of pressure in my whole face, but it's not necessarily hurting (thank God). The only really annoying thing is that whenever I bend over to pick something up, my nose starts bleeding. Dr. Elliott says that this is because there's a lot of blood still waiting to be drained from my sinuses. So hopefully that all drains soon, because yuck!

Oh, and this is what I look like now. I will be looking like a chipmunk for quite some time now! See that yellow-ish thing on my neck? That's where my central line was. That thing hurt like hell to get removed, but I'm glad it's gone. (See: Frankenstein)