Surgery

For those that don't know already, I had surgery yesterday. It's called UPPP. They took my tonsils, part of my uvula and soft pallete, and did something to the base of my tongue to draw it up some. This is all in the hopes of solving my obstructive sleep apnea. I was supposed to be in the OR at 12:30 yesterday afternoon, but didn't get taken back until 4:00 and then sat in a bed in the hallway until about 5:30. LOL THis was after having fasted since midnight Sunday night. UGH But the surgery went well, and I have to say that anesthesia is pretty awesome. I didn't feel a thing, didn't know a thing, it was great. Of course, I was in pain when I woke up, but answering "8" on the pain scale twice got me some good drugs and it was better after that. They didn't keep me overnight, so I got home around 10:30 PM, after picking the kids up from Angel, who had earlier picked the kids up from a friend's house. Thank you, Angel and Allison for taking care of them for me!

So today I'm not feeling too bad, as long as I don't talk or swallow. And swallowing sucks because sometimes it wants to go down the wrong way, yet I'm not supposed to cough. NOT a good feeling. I'm taking my percoset like clockwork though, just to stay ahead of the pain. I'm also on an antibiotic of course. Charles is taking VERY good care of me. Gotta love him.

Saturday night races

We have dirt track races in our town, very near to our house. In fact, we often hear them racing on Saturday nights and say we should go sometime. Well, we went tonight and it was SO much fun!



Carter got tired after a while, but they both really enjoyed it and want to go back. It very well could become our new 'Saturday night thing'. LOL The noise, the rumbling, the excitement of the crowd...it was all very cool. Not to mention that it was a beautiful night tonight. Here's a peek at a wreck that I caught on video.

Thursday's Fun

We went on a great field trip today with our playgroup (Kids at Play). We went to USA Aggregates, otherwise known as Dogwood Quarry, where they mine rocks to make concrete and gravel and such. The kids (we had 19 there, 17 of them boys) watched 2 videos and then we rode a bus into the pit and got to see the huge machines up close. One circled us a few times, so that was pretty cool. Then the highlight of the trip, the kids got to play on the huge sand dunes.



They loved that, while some of the moms cringed from the dirt. LOL After that we took the bus around and parked and watched them do a blast. We waited quite a while to see it and it was kind of anti-climactic, but still pretty cool. After that they fed us lunch - grilled hot dogs, chips, cookies, and drinks. This was all FREE!! It was amazing!!



After all that fun I had a doctor appointment with the ENT. I was recently diagnosed with Obstructive Sleep Apnea and my dr. referred me to ENT to try the tonsiletomy route first since my tonsils are pretty huge. Well, the ENT agreed and said he wants to take my tonsils, part of my palette and uvula, and burn the base of my tongue to constrict it some. OUCH! Does NOT sound fun, but...if it works and relieves the apnea, then it is well worth it. My sleep lately is just horrible and I feel terrible during the day. If this doesn't work then I will try the CPAP, but I'd really rather avoid that if I can. So, when is this surgery you ask? Next Thursday. At least for right now. I may change it. I didn't really think it through and forgot that I have a party for my friend that Friday. I'd hate to not be able to eat all the yummies Angel is going to make for it. LOL So I'm going to try to reschedule it for sometime in July. Mom will be here then also, so it would be easier, but I really want to get it done and over with as soon as possible. My sleep is affecting Charles' sleep at this point and he needs all the rest he can get. I am quite anxious over this surgery though. The dr. said I would be in a good bit of pain for 2 weeks. :(