Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Another day with only a very mild fever at its' highest!  Yeah!  I think whatever it is decided to leave.  It's been a good day today.  My neighbor, Marilee, came over this morning and helped with the baby.  She has a granddaughter that was born about 8 hours after McKinley, so she is really good at this baby thing!  I always joked with Jeff, her husband, at church that I would definitely be having my baby before Megan did.  I was right!

Later in the morning, my friend Diana came and stayed the rest of the day.  She's awesome and I love her!  We've been friends since birth, literally, and she's just like a sister to me.  She stayed here while me and my mom went to see my surgeon.  The good news is that I didn't have to get the hematoma drained, so no big, long, awful needles.  The other good news is that he said I don't have to massage it anymore, so no more painful sessions trying to get it worked out!  He said I could massage it, but it will break up and go away eventually on its own.  I don't know what "eventually" means, but I'm going with it.

I've been really tired today.  I heard the baby wake up several times in the night, but I figured if Mat thought it was a crisis, he'd come up and get her.  : )   And we made it to the gym tonight.  Mat runs on the track with the jogging stroller and the baby, I do the treadmill.  I didn't get as much time in tonight because I had a couple of the "regulars" come and talk to me, but I was there and did what I could before the baby lost it!  And I'll be there tomorrow . . .  I can't go very fast yet.  My plastic surgeon said I need to wait 5-6 weeks before attempting to run, which is hard to do.  But I'd be crazy to push it too hard and mess up what she did, so I'll be patient.  Tomorrow will be another quiet day, not much to do.  Thursday I go to my breast clinic, where I'll talk to a bunch of people and get a ton of information, and I also meet with my oncologist for the first time.   I'll get many of my questions answered on Thursday.  Yeah!

4 comments:

Unknown said...

'So glad things are looking up! Thanks so much for keeping us all in the loop with this wonderful blog!

If you need help in the mornings from 8-8:45am, I could help get kids to school, between getting my own off and going to work.

acte gratuit said...

Hi Kim! I have a book recommendation for you: It's called "Hard Times and Holy Places" by Kristen Warner Belcher. (Who just happens to be my SIL.) It's available through Des Book and is a GREAT pick-me-up! You'll love it!
Oh, and you can check Kris's blog for extra inspiration:
http://hardtimesandholyplaces.blogspot.com/

Hope your fever leaves for good!!!

:)
Cousin Emily

Kim said...

Hi Geri,
The kids actually get themselves up and ready and out the door with basically no help from me, (they leave before 8:00). It's fabulous! I appreciate your generosity, you are on my list of "helpers" and I will call! What time are you off in the afternoon? : )

Emily,
Thanks for the recommendation! I've never heard of the book and will look it up and see if I can get it. Thanks for thinking to tell me about it and keeping us in your prayers also!

Unknown said...

Kim,

I get home around 3:15pm.

That's awesome that your kids get themselves out the door! Mine are teenagers and still can't do that, it seems to me at least! But then, they're boys!