T- 46 hours : 15 Minute

It's 8am Saturday morning.  I must be at UAMS at 6am on Monday.  I have 46 hours remaining.  It's starting to get real.

My plan for the day is 1) clean some stuff.  Did that. 2) enjoy some time with my dad. 3) rest. 4) enjoy the rest of the day with April.  Actually 3 may be replaced with fixing my garage door, but we'll see what happens with that.

This is uncharted territory for me.  I may lose my leg in two days and needles to say I am conflicted.  I love my leg and I am very attached to it.  On the other hand it hurts constantly and it is trying to kill me.

I occassionally fing myself staring at nothing and thinking deeply about nothing. Yesterday I thought about trees.  I really like trees.  They're tall, green, strong  and are beautiful to watch as they sway in the wind.   I'm lucky to have trees around my house which I can watch from whereever I am.  The only problem with trees are the squirrel they collect.  I can do without most of the squirrels.

Now it's time to start my day.  It will be a good day.

Good Morning, Leg

"Good Morning, Leg."
"Good Morning , Damon."
"How are you today, Leg?"
"Sore , but I'm still here."
"What do you want to do today?"
"I don't know. Just hang around."
"That sounds fun.  We can do that after we go to Tulsa.  If you're good maybe we'll get in the hot tub."
"I do like that.  I'll be good."
"Thank you, Leg.  We'll have a good day."
"I'll do my best, Damon."

Done with another appointment

That went well.  I do have a dime sized nodue on my lung.  Dr.Stelig was not too worried about the short term prognosis.  His team will visit with us next when I'm in the hospital for my leg to set the date of my chest surgery.  

It should be laparoscopic and the recovery is short.

Waiting to see Thoracic surgeon

Here we are at UAMS in Little Rock.  Time to see a thoracic surgeon.  Hopefully we eill leave with a surgery date. Will update the news sfter the appointment.

I miss my ibuprophen

It's Thursday morning.  We are preparing for another trip to LR.  Today we see the Thoracic surgeon about my chest.  My super special parents are watching the dogs becsuse LR and back is an all day thing.

One of the leg-surgery nurses called me on Monday.  She gave me all the typical pre-op instruction, which included to stop taking ibuprophen.  I was taking between 6 and 8 per day and now I take 0.
I did not appreciate how much ibuprophen was helping.  I refuse to take the *codone more than 2 or 3 per day because I hate the way they affect me.  The ibuprophen helped bridge the gap and apperently it was a San Fransico Bay Bridge type gap. 

More to come after the appointment.

Lunch with the team

A wonderful lunch at Smitty's Garage with my team.

Last day at work for a while

I am beginning my last day at work until I am recovered.  My current team and previous teams consists of nothing except wonderful people.  I hope everyone knows how much I appreciate them.