The day after

Okay this was definitely the hardest day. Sleeping that first night was the hardest, even with all the meds. The pain was worse because all the locals had worn off, but I made myself get up to use the bathroom hourly (because I'm pounding water like I always do). I made myself go out to the other room to get on the computer just to move around a little more every couple hours. Mom-in-law used to be a nurse & was saying how impressed she was with how well I'm doing & moving around. It was the worse pain day, but I made it. The majority of the pain is the tummy tuck! Not the incision itself but along the center of the abs where the diastasis (from pregnancies) was repaired. The Doc said it was quite sizable ,but didn't say how big of a gap it had been, he also didn't mention how much skin was removed. That would be nice to know but I don't mind. Hubby says my belly looks awesome and you can't see almost any of the old stretch marks (I'll get a peek at my first shower today).

My drains were putting out a LOT of fluid which had us & the nurses concerned, but it finally slowed down in the afternoon. Apparently they used lipo fluid to separate the fat from the fascia layers in the belly, well they had used 1000 mls of that so of course I was going to drain a ton (they just didn't tell us that until we had called being concerned about the amount of drainage). So the drainage is slowing down very nicely and starting to lighten in color. I have a little more energy and can move better. I am hunched, but not as bad as I had been (I hunch more later on during the day when I can really feel it pulling).

The staff is seriously wonderful! The Doc called me the first night to check in & we had called him back later which he didn't mind. The nurses kept checking in the day after until we said things were definitely getting better. I honestly feel GREAT! No depression is coming, I seriously feel awesome! No I can't move around much before I get light-headed/dizzy because my body is in overdrive from healing, no I'm not trying to do any housework because I don't have to. I'm eating great (actually I don't want to eat so I'm forcing myself), but overall this is better than I really had thought it'd be. I'm SO happy to find out all my worries.nerves/etc. were unnecessary =)

I'm going to shower this morning (2nd day) & will get my first look with bandages off & everything, so I will be updating sometime later than that.