Ouch!

Wednesday, May 29 - So much for pain being tolerable!  Things were going along great - went to my mom's on Monday and had some yummy lunch and a short visit with my parents, Dane's parents, my brother Tom and his daughter Lydia and Bob Scheer.  It felt really good to get out.

Later that afternoon, I started having some bad pain and felt like my armpit and chest area were going to explode.  I upped the pain meds, but just could not get comfortable.  I started to run a low grade fever towards the morning.  I called the surgeons office and was told the doctor would like to see me.  So we headed into C.J. Pratt Cancer Center as that is where she was holding office hours on Tuesday.  My incisions were looking good.  The drains were the color of apple juice and nothing unusual with the output, so that wasn't a problem.  My incisions for the drains were oozing some and red.  She put me on an antibiotic just in case of infection.  There was no pathology reports back yet, so nothing to report in that department.

So Tuesday was a long day.  I did feel better seeing her, though, just to make sure everything was as it should be.  I went to bed and actually slept there for more than 2 hours.  I think I was totally exhausted.  Came out to the recliner and slept another 4 hours, then went back to bed for a couple more.

Feeling much better today!  Although I didn't do much on Monday, I obviously moved around more than normal and it caught up with me.  That is what I think happened anyway.

Hopefully I will have pathology reports by the end of the week!