STAGE III REDO

I am happy to say this past Monday I had another

successful Stage III surgery. I say this with extreme

caution because of what happened last time with an

infection looming just under my skin, waiting to come

out. Stage II and III went just like last time, but I seemed

to take more of it in. I didn’t remember so much of my

surroundings the first time, and I acted like I was still

under the happy juice for a good while the second time around. When I

came around in recovery after my phase 2 surgery wanting a pizza,  I did everything I could think of to get one. The poor

girl transporting me didn’t know what to think. I tried

to get her to stop on the second floor at the cafeteria. I

even offered to buy lunch for everyone! They were happy to get me to a room I’m sure. I

continued to have fun though. My room nurse came in

at a shift change to ask the usual questions, you

know, "What’s your pain level? Where does it hurt?" Well, I

answered about a 2 or so and then busted out laughing

as I pointed to the baseball stitches across my head, as if to say "Where do you THINK it hurts?!". It

just struck me as funny, and I cried I was laughing so

hard. The nurse finally got it and cracked a smile.

My current status  has me at home taking it easy, waiting for the turn on day. To

refresh your memory, that was the day they found the infection and removed all the hardware last time.

That’s not going to happen this time. I feel better overall. One concerning side-effect has

been some confusion. Docs say that it’s not uncommon to experience some

confusion during fist couple weeks after surgery. We’re keeping an eye on that

for certain. With that, I’ll fade back into cyber space while I heal up until I have any more news.