My big day

I saw the boys on Saturday for about 10 minutes when I came home from the hospital. Jake took one look at my drains and asked, "Are you wearing those to my school?" So I knew then that at school pick-up Monday at 2:30 I needed to be looking and acting as normal as possible - surgery or not. That motivated my big day today. I haven't wanted to unwrap the bandages for fear of the wounds they were protecting. But I needed a shower to go to school today, so unwrap I did. I made sure to sit down before looking and I'm glad I did. The surgeon removed my cancer and breast tissue and replaced it with something from Alien. My foob looks like nothing human I've ever seen. On my side under my arm are 2 small incisions where the drain tubes are sprouting from my body. This was too much for my brain to wrap around so I wrapped an ace bandage around my body to hide those. That was a great idea since it gave me something to attach my drains to while I showered. So, I managed to wash all human and alien parts, dry my hair and get dressed in normal clothes. I was then exhausted and needed a nap. Good friends brought lunch and I sat outside and ate with them. So fun and nice to enjoy the beautiful day. After lunch it was time to pick up the boys. I thought I'd be ok walking to school, but was overruled by mom. So we drove to school and I walked from the car to the school gate. Mom was right to overrule my walk because just standing there waiting for Jake I felt light-headed. I got to see lots of friends at school and Jake had a big smile when he saw me. Totally worth the effort! Then we drove to Ryan's school and I waited in the car. With both boys in the car we went to Starbucks for an after school donut. I walked from the car to the Starbucks counter then outside to sit in the sun. While sitting there, Jake said it was good thing I wore a black shirt because it hid my "things" (drains). It made me happy that he was comfortable. Then we came back home and yes, I took another nap.

Thank you so much to all the friends who have brought food and sent cards and gifts. I am so lucky to have such an amazing community around me. For now, I'm going to rest on the couch and tomorrow I plan to walk from my bed to the couch and back. I'm beat!