" No Superbowl Here "

After being home all week for Katie's surgery, my husband finally had to leave this morning. If he had been home we would have the game on but I'm just not that into it.

I am so grateful that he was here this week as it turned out to be a very long and very stress filled week. As most of you know, Katie came through the surgery fine but we quickly discovered that anesthesia makes Katie very cranky!

We came home from the hospital seven hours later and she did a lot of sleeping. The next day however she had a severe migraine. Talk about feeling helpless and worried to no end. This is when I was grateful that my husband was home to help out. The pain meds did nothing for her. Friday morning we had to take her to get the packing removed from her sinuses while she still had a migraine.

The nurses seemed to think this was normal and said that it would fade. Poor kid, all she could do was lay in her room in the dark with a cool cloth over her head. I had to from time to time, make her eat a little as she had no appetite for almost four days.

I fixed her light foods. Applesauce, toast, soup and the like. I told her that not eating wouldn't help the headache! Finally by Saturday morning her headache faded to just an average headache. She still has it, but she is much, much better.

Jake and I were so worried Friday night that we didn't get much sleep. He did some research that gave us a little relief. He found out that if you suffered previous to the sinus surgery with headaches (which she did) that you would likely have a bad headache after the surgery.

I knew this morning that she felt so much better when she woke up and said that she wanted to practice driving today as there is an approaching snowstorm! So as tired as I was, I let her drive to the cable company so that we could drop off our payment. That made her happy and she looked much better.

I did almost have a small heart attack when she took the turn onto the road where the cable company was, very, very fast. She did this on purpose to scare me! And it worked!
I then told her that if she did that again she will never drive my car again. I did suggest however that if she did want to do that again, to make sure it was when dad takes her driving!

After that we drove to the market to pick up a few staples just like everyone else in town was doing! I was doing the driving through town. She's not ready for that much traffic yet. Walking around in the store was making her feel lousy again, so we made it quick so that we could get back home and she could lay down.

We aren't too sure about school tomorrow. I told her to wait and see how she felt then. And she could go for awhile and come home if it was too much for her. But she is most definitely improving each day.

Jake is in North Carolina tonight and he and I are both totally and completely exhaustively tired!! But after seeing how Katie was today, I know that we will both sleep much better tonight!

Enjoy the game!