Doing Well!

Dear Friends --
Thank you all for your texts and notes, especially your prayers!  They have blessed me very much!
Yesterday, I began tapering off the percosett and using only Ibuprofen and am able to manage the pain --yay! Even without the perc I still sleep a lot though -- glad so many of you told me I would be tired -- I'd really wonder otherwise! 
The sutures look good - one is slightly aggravated - but thankful it is just one and not all 3! 
Moving around, I am doing fine - just cautious--but did a little laundry and putzed around a bit --
with naps between everything :)  
Blessed to make it to church Saturday evening!  (mornings are pretty slow for me!)

I am very very thankful that this has been so smooth--largely due to your prayers - and of course God's grace!! 

Ps 103:1-5
Praise the Lord oh my soul;
  all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
Praise the Lord oh my soul;
  and forget not all his benefits--
who forgives all your sins
  and heals all your diseases,
who redeems your life from the pit
  and crowns you with love and compassion,
who satisfies your desires with good things
  so that your youth is renewed like the eagles...

Thankful he forgives my sins and rescues me from the pit - trusting him to heal me and renew me....

Blessings on your Mondays - Thanks for the encouragement! 
Thanks for checkin' in!  

I lost a day!

It's the 2nd already!  Seems that I lost a day somewhere!  I came home yesterday and am doing pretty well -- A shower was the highlite of today! (It's the little things!) The pain is managable - we alternate percosett and ibuprofen on an overlapping 6 hour rotation, which is working well.  The docs pump gas into you to expand the abdominal cavity so they can see what they are doing, and that makes me bloaty and uncomfortable - and I am pretty tired (no big surprise there!)
However - 
I am deeply thankful that 
  I don't have to wait for any pathology --
  that this was "routine" --
  that there was not scar tissue from last year to mess up the surgery --
I am also very thankful for all your prayers because I am able to manage the pain, to walk well, to drink a lot of water, to manage the indigestion -- my nurses and aids were nice -- we had lots of cards, e-mails and some nice visits.
I am especially thankful for Todd taking such good care of me (one of the nurses complimented him on how considerate and skilled he is! I am blessed!) 
Thank you for your prayers --
and for checking in!
Blessings to you!