Details and Thank You's

I am finally feeling like I am able to sit up and blog a little. First of all, thank you so much for all of your prayers, visits, concerns and flowers! It has been a rough couple of days but I am hoping it is looking up.

Everything went pretty smoothly on Wednesday. I have to say...they were very timely. There was not a lot of waiting around. Once they started the anesthesia I think I was only in surgery for about 45 minutes. The surgeon did say there was more bleeding than he would have liked but it was nothing threatening. Basically it was just annoying to him. I was only in recovery for about 45 minutes as well and they got me straight to my room. That 45 minutes in recovery was pretty bad, though. I don't think I have ever been in that much pain.

My nurses and techs took very good care of me in my room. I only had to get one real shot...and my arm still hurts!! I slept most of the day Wednesday, but yes I do remember everyone that came by =).
My cheeks are still pretty swollen and I am in some pain but the medicine they gave me is helping. You can't really tell how swollen my cheeks are in the picture but my mom says they have gone down a lot. And I really only have a little bruising. I don't know if I should expect more.

I haven't really been that hungry yet but I have had a couple of shakes. I can have anything that I can get through a straw on the side of my mouth. Which means it has to be thin enough to go through my teeth. We've discovered that seeds and applesauce are not good. =)

Anyway, I will try to keep blogging as I get better. Right now I'm just praying for some easier days. It's hard to get comfortable because they don't want me to lay all the way down and today is the first day I don't have to keep the ice pack on so that should help.

Thank you for all of your encouragement!