11.6.23

It feels so good to be home! Two weeks is a long time to be gone! We flew home Saturday. That went really well! I wasn’t sure how it would go sitting a little more upright than I’m used to but it was fine. We had one down day at home before we got the kiddos. I can’t tell you how nice it is to have us all under the same roof again! 💗

Remember that BBQ place I said was so good? On Thursday we drove back to Seguin and got some more! 🤣 I think from the time we got there to the time we sat down with our food was like an hour. It’s crazy how many people come and wait in line. Every day. We made sure to order a little extra and then had some left overs for Friday. 😉🙃 After that we headed home and had some down time before Phil and Pat came over for a little visit. They are the owners of Roses’s House. They are a super sweet couple and the visit felt like a visit with old friends, not someone we just met.

I added my story to the many others.

On Friday I had another appointment to check my drains. They pulled three of them!!! I can’t tell you how good it felt to get those out!!! A fun little fact for you: Aaron said she had to have pulled 8 inches of tube when they pulled my hip drain! 😳 I wasn’t sure what to expect. When the drains are in they can really be sensitive. There’s a stitch holding them in and if that gets tugged on/bumped it hurts. She was good at what she did because I didn’t feel a thing when they got pulled!! I have one more hip drain in. Once that hits less than 30ml daily then it can get pulled. The PA for my plastic surgeon in Eau Claire has already said she’ll pull whatever drains I come home with. I’m hoping to have that last drain out later this week. It’s kind of funny, they pull those drains then they just put some bacitracin on a piece of gauze and tape it on. There’s literally a hole into my body. She said it will scab over and heal. Isn’t it amazing how God created our bodies? I’ve been very aware of that with this whole cancer journey. Who would have thought I would have numb spots on my back from the nerves they cut through on the front!?! Now that I have my upper drains gone I don’t have to wear the surgical bra any more. WAHOO!!! However there is a list of criteria on what type of bra I can wear. Once I get that last hip drain out I won’t have to wear the abdominal binder anymore either!! (My abdomen and back get so itchy in that thing! I’m looking forward to gettind rid of it. Plus I’m a little more short waisted so it doesn’t fit the best to begin with…) But then I will have to wear some type of compression underwear/garment for at least 8 weeks. They did not cut any muscle but they kind of pulled things apart to get the blood vessels they needed. Right now I’m at a higher risk of developing a hernia if I’m not careful.

After I got those drains pulled we decided to do a little more site seeing. There are 5 missions in San Antonio. I thought it would be fun to see them all. We had already seen one: The Alamo. So we decided to hit the other 4. These missions were built in the 1700’s. I wasn’t big on History when I was younger, I enjoy it now!

We flew home Saturday. Per recommendations, we asked for a wheelchair through the airport. That made getting on the plane a little easier and then when we landed at MSP I got wheeled from the plane, to baggage, to the hotel shuttle location. Which left Aaron free to pull our luggage. 🙂

We went to church Sunday morning and then I proceeded to take a 3.5 hour nap! 🤣 I didn’t think I was that tired/warn out. Apparently I was. 🙃

Aaron’s grandma made cinnamon rolls for us. They made the perfect breakfast for our first morning back home!

Sunday morning. 💗

Our kiddos are home!!!! 😀😀😀

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