Recovery

It has been 10 days since my surgery and I am finally feeling a little better. I would say that my throat is finally at a tolerable pain level without any pain medications. My parents were in town to help for a week, and my sister has been here for a week as well, but sadly she has to go back home tomorrow. If I knew how painful this was going to be, I truly may not have signed up for this! The past week and a half is a bit of a blur with the medication, and sleeping the pain off - but I made it through! I think my mom had the best visit ever while she was here. She had Mason all to herself - it was hard to even ask to hold him! She slept in his room, got up with him at 4am each morning, and in the mornings played with him in the bedroom until the rest of us were awake. What's funny is that Mason usually sleeps through the night - I think he would see her in the middle of the night - through the bars in the crib - and wake up. Since she has been gone, thankfully he is back to sleeping through the night. As always it was hard to see my parents leave, but they will be back in a few weeks - so it wasn't as bad. While my parents were in town we celebrated my mom's birthday - which was the day after my surgery - so unfortunately it wasn't that exciting - went to Livermore's Rodeo parade - and celebrated a few high school graduations with family. Thank you to my parents, Angela, and Steve for all the help you have given me the past 10 days. But a special thanks to my mom, you truly made recovery easier for me.