4 Days Until Surgery: Merry Christmas!!

So first of all I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas! Mine was pretty great because I got to spend it with my Godson. I actually got to see him get his Santa Claus presents on Christmas morning. He was so excited & I think he really had a blast with the ton of presents that he got from me, his mom, my mom, my brother, and a ton of other people. That kid really racked up :)

That is him with his brand new tricycle & Hulk hands that he got from Santa. He proceeded to wake me up by attacking me with the Hulk hands a few minutes later. It was about 5:30 in the morning, and now I finally get what parents go through every year, haha. Although, I forgive him because he is unbelievably cute & his enthusiasm was extremely contagious.

Overall, it was a much better holiday than I had originally been expecting, and I'm always glad when my pessimism goes unrewarded. Aside from getting to spend my Christmas morning with my favorite little man I also got to spend some much needed time with my Dad's side of the family on Christmas Eve. I don't get to see them very much so it was really nice to catch up with them.

They were all pretty curious & slightly shocked about the details of my upcoming surgery. I'm starting to realize how hardcore this all sounds to people hearing all the gory details for the first time. I'm really hoping it won't be as bad as it apparently sounds. I'm feeling pretty glad right now that I decided to wait about having surgery until after Christmas. The food yesterday was absolutely amazing, and I would have been so bummed to miss out on it. I'm positive that I ate way too much, but I just kept thinking about how much I'll probably be missing solid food soon and I wanted to enjoy it while I could. For this same reason, I've been eating tons of chips and dip lately :) I know that this isn't going to make the soft food diet any less tedious once it gets here..but it makes me feel better right now anyway :P

Now that Christmas is over surgery is starting to get very real. I can't believe that I only have 4 days left before surgery. I'm feeling mixed emotions, but for the most part I'm incredibly nervous. I'm trying to be as prepared as possible, but I feel like there is no way I can be fully prepared because I probably can't anticipate everything. Over the next few days I'm going to be getting my list together of the things I'll need before surgery so I can make a shopping trip. I'm also working on a list of soft, hopefully easy to eat foods to pick up so that I keep my nutrients up after surgery.

I'm also planning on taking my before pictures to post on here sometime in the next few days. I'll probably post those Saturday or Sunday.