Day 0 & 1

Hey everyone! I have to say that yesterday was on the craziest/scariest days of my life. Surgery was a little after 7 in the morning, and took way longer than Dr. L originally thought it would (8 hours instead of 6..whoa!) The last thing I remember is sitting in the pre-op prep areas where I guess they gave me some kind of relaxer, because the next thing I knew I was being helped into a new bed in my room. I don't remember the recovery area at all. How crazy, right?

The first thing I was told when I woke up was that during surgery they decided to take bone from my hip instead of my head. So, I've been having a little but of a hard time getting around. They attached this baloon thing to the incision site that is constantly pumping pain meds in my hip though..so it just sore. I haven't had a ton of pain in general. The biggest issues I've had is nausea. I spent most of last night throwing up blood. I haven't had that problem much today, but I can barely swallow anything so even liquids have been a challenge. I'm hoping that starts to get better. I'm really hoping that I get to go home tomorrow. Dr. L says that everything went well, but the swelling is awful. I can barely talk at all...and it doesn't take much to make my jaw sore.

Honestly, I won't sugarcoat it..last night was hell. It's definitely going to be a rough 5 weeks. I hate not being able to talk well. I'm hoping that its the swelling that is the main issue there and not the huge splint that is in my mouth. As far as numbness goes, I'm only completely numb on my chin..the rest of my face is only slightly numb and tingly..so that sounds like a good sign. Overall..I'm just exhausted. I slept most of today. ..but I'm feeling a little better now. I'm just trying not to overdo it, and I'm really really hoping that eating gets easier, or I'm going to starve :P

Sorry this post has been kind of loopy..I'm still pretty out of it..but I wanted to get my day 1 pictures posted.