Thursday, March 26, 2009

Resistance is Futile



One of my favorite activities is force cuddling kitty wittys. Jed and Theresa are wonderful parents and they give lots of force cuddling to their kitties especially Little Man. I have been force cuddling Little Man as part of my recovery.

Theresa uses excellent force cuddling technique.

Little Man loves me. In fact, instead of hissing at me after a long forced cuddle session he just hisses at me when I first pick him up. Who says relationships don't grow!?

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

One of my Rad Incisions



I have to say that I like my "cuts". I think they are well done and it's amazing how much they fade into a line you can barely see over time. This is the one of my belly. I have another to match running from my groin down the inner leg. That one is going to "smart" for quite sometime.

They used glue on this one because I had a nasty reaction to steri-strips the last time.

So the recovery continues!

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Jed's New Style


A true work of art mullet Inspired by "The Jean Shorts" ride.
Damn I miss South Harden

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

My First Walk Outside



I ventured out and walked around in perfect southern weather

Monday, March 16, 2009

My Recovery Lair

My Stepfather's home is my version of "Tara". A Southern Style Plantation home nestled among wild azalea's, oak trees, and fenced pastures. It is my dream home. Sadly, I have been unable to leave "my lair" to play with the horses or walk down to the pond.

While others pursue races and fun activities I am just trying to stand on my own two feet. Literally. In the past few days out of the hospital I have made progress and in a whole day I can stand/walk a total of 10 minutes. For that matter, I am only awake about 5 hours of a day. Of that 5 hours I am zoned out on drugs watching movies. I have not felt like reading yet.

My lair is the upstairs portion of the house which is entirely devoted to kids or guests. There is a small den and then my room is very close by. It's these two rooms that forms my lair. I have everything I need so I rarely need to leave it except to get food. Most of the time it is brought to me. Unfortunately stairs are the only exit out of the lair. These are very hard to navigate and it takes me an eternity. I am always out of breath at the top and sometimes I have to take a break along the way. Today it is rainy and dark, and I have just gotten tired from blogging from within my lair. I will share more stories of the whole surgery when I feel better. For now, the beast must rest.

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Surgery: A Story Through Pictures

I will first start by saying that I was an idiot for complaining about the previous surgeries because this one has totally taken the cake in pain and other fun stuff that comes with being cut on. The artery repair went well, but the overall surgery was a lot more complicated than they thought. Mainly due to scar tissue. I was on the table for 5 hours and Dr. Cherry almost backed out for fear it was getting a bit dangerous to try to get through crazy tissue to the artery. I'm glad he didn't. I'm still in the hospital and feel to crappy to give details so here are some fun pics to tell the tale:


Post surgery Tuesday Morning


My artery


My artery


My boo boos with my fat swollen tummy


The Morphine Button


This is about where I am now in how I feel....yeah that good.


This is my view out my window which is great since I'll be here about 5 days