Home after Vascular Surgery!
Friday June 19, 2020 I can't think of a better way to celebrate my 33rd birthday than to be discharged from the hospital and be with our critters and friends at home! Everything went smoothly with the post-op, thankfully. I was moved out of ICU on Thursday afternoon and was home the next day. There was very little pain and only a slight tightness when turning my head to the left. I did continue to have a sore throat, but there's an abundance of popsicles to ease the pain. I'm incredibly blessed to have such compassionate friends and colleagues shower me in gifts and flowers upon my arrival home! I'm so grateful to get to spend the next six days at home to recover before the open heart surgery to replace my ascending aorta! Today is the start of summer break and if all goes as planned I will have my next two surgeries before the start of the school year in September. In the meantime I'll keep finding teaching oppor...