To be honest, since the birth, I haven’t been able to do much of anything
besides taking care of my body – and only in the most basic way, as in ‘change my wound
dressing, drink water, take medication and sleep’ – and taking care of the baby.
Everything else – the older boys’ bedtime, daily routines, rooms, clothes &
shoes (I just noticed that Abraham’s sandals (the only pair of shoes he owns)
are too small AND broken!), hygiene, nutrition, school - has deteriorated
and/or got out of control, and what little I am able to get done between gauze
changes and nursing, is more like damage control. I feel like I'm always two steps behind.
Except for on days like these, when I feel like I'm three or even four steps behind.
I've been redressing my open wound every day, following doctor's orders and doing quite well, if I may say. When I got an infection above the open wound last week, I took antibiotics, and it seemed like it was getting better. This morning when I woke up however, the incision above the wound had opened up and was oozing pus. Followed another afternoon in the ER and a visit with the surgeon who worked with my OBGYN during the surgery.
The good news is that it can only get better from here on, since all that could go wrong in the healing process pretty much went wrong between the surgery and now. The bad news is that it's going to be another 2-3 weeks until I'm healed, and in the meantime, I have to go see the doctor once/day, every day.
Thank God for a helpful husband, great friends, and lots of summer days to make up the lost school work.
Except for on days like these, when I feel like I'm three or even four steps behind.
I've been redressing my open wound every day, following doctor's orders and doing quite well, if I may say. When I got an infection above the open wound last week, I took antibiotics, and it seemed like it was getting better. This morning when I woke up however, the incision above the wound had opened up and was oozing pus. Followed another afternoon in the ER and a visit with the surgeon who worked with my OBGYN during the surgery.
The good news is that it can only get better from here on, since all that could go wrong in the healing process pretty much went wrong between the surgery and now. The bad news is that it's going to be another 2-3 weeks until I'm healed, and in the meantime, I have to go see the doctor once/day, every day.
Thank God for a helpful husband, great friends, and lots of summer days to make up the lost school work.
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