Update day 2 post op

My pain is subsiding some. I'm still in pain because they beat me up so bad during surgery, but the pain is slowly going away. I am able to move around better and I can almost get out of bed by myself. I can go up and down the stairs by myself without an escort. I am really dizzy though from the medicine. It's one of the side effects. So I'm slow going because I have to watch out for things spinning around me. My arm can raise about half way up and can rotate some too. I slept pretty decent last night too. I finally fell asleep just before 10pm. Chris came to bed at 10 and gave me my pain pills and I slept until 2am when it was time for the next round. I took those at 2 and wasn't able to fall back asleep until about 3am. I slept like a baby until 6am when I was due for more pills. I got up at that time because it is Kaylee's birthday today and I wanted to tell her Happy Birthday before she left for school. After the kids left for school I laid down and took a nap until about 10:30am.

I finally was able to shower today. I had to wait 48 hours before I could shower because of the drain tubes but it felt so good to feel somewhat clean. It was hard to shower with the drain tubes in place but I managed to get all the important parts clean anyways. I got a look at my battle wound. Its pretty scary. We had already decided that the kids would not see my scars and today re-assured that thinking. I've seen mastectomy scars before, but because my tissue expander isn't filled up yet it looks awful. I'm puckered and gathered under my armpit and looks funny. Then it's swollen where the drain tubes are sticking out. Throughout this all, my husband still looks at me with love in his eyes and sees me as beautiful still. Thats the best feeling of all. No words are necessary. I can feel and see his love for me and I know that even though he is a boob man, he loves me for my insides.

Well, tonight we are celebrating my sweet baby girls 8th birthday. Spaghetti dinner, presents and lots of love. We have a snow day tomorrow (not because we are expecting a blizzard, but in Texas if it starts snowing at all the town shuts down) so we will spend tonight with hot chocolate in hand and watching Kaylee's movie choice.....Evan Almighty.