After almost two weeks in this place, the doctors are planning to spring me tomorrow. At least I hope so. I have four teams — GI, Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease and Surgery — and they all have to agree to discharge me. Plus this PIC line goes from my bicep into the space above my heart so they have to bring an IV therapy staffperson up to remove that. It’s about time. Pumpkinhead is starting to cry at night because I’m not home and knowing that makes me really miserable. Hopefully I’ll get home early and we can cuddle up in the bed with some good books and cartoons and spend some quality time together. I miss my little man so much.

Still, this pain is insane so I’ll probably sleep more than I play for a few more days. They changed the bandages today and I got a good look at this seven-inch staple line (sorry for the weird angle – I was using my Blackberry camera to take the picture):

Fortunately I am doing much better with this surgery than either of my past two major abdominal surgeries. I got up and started shuffling down the hall the first night and then continued walking yesterday and today. That’s speeded up my recovery and their ability to send me home tomorrow rather than Saturday. Granted, it is much easier to walk with an upper abdominal incision than with a lower one. My spleenectomy was a bitch to recover from. I think I was in the hospital a full five days after that and then was laid up for a full month. I’m praying this one will be much easier.

Thanks again to my blog readers for all your support and good wishes.