Surgery’s done!

I am home and couldn’t be happier:)! Surgery actually went really well, they had me up and walking around pretty soon and it wasn’t too bad. Morphine can make things a lot better. I was hoping to get home this morning, but I didn’t get discharged until 12:30. I have to say I was just happy that things went the way they were supposed to. The doctor finally came in around 11 am and talked to me about the surgery. He said once they got in there the tailbone was very easy to get out. I guess it helps when the tailbone is no longer attached to anything and it’s just “floating” (I kid you not) in soft tissue. Once they took the tailbone out they shaved down the sacrum bone some b/c it was protruding a little as well. At first when the doctor asked me if I felt any different I told him I didn’t think so. I love it when people make me think b/c I had not even noticed that the persistent lower back pain was nonexistent. Of course, my butt still hurt like heck since they did shave bone and all. So how many stitches does it take to seal up a butthole? Nine! Just kidding, they didn’t quite get that far but it did take nine stitches to get my little tailbone out. The doctor was nice enough to tell me that in 3 weeks when stitches are out I will be able to swim and . . . . RUN! Yeah!!!! Bike riding will be the absolute last thing I do, but since I don’t have another tri to train for right now I am okay with that.
 
I have to say a big THANK YOU to everyone that has checked on me and came by to see me. Jeff, Keogh, Sarah, dad, papa, donna, and heath were nice enough to help me pass the time right after surgery. I love it when people filter in b/c it makes the hours at a hospital so much nicer. Sarah was even nice enough to bring me an inflatable pool inner tube to use as an over sized donut pillow. I guess she thought they were stuffing more in my butt and not taking it out. I got a text from Ashley and saw that her surgery went well. I am sure her parents are taking great care of her. I am truly blessed to have the friends and family I do, you guys make days like these so much easier for me. I can’t say how much I appreciate all the support.
 
I am going to sign off now, and take some more pain killers so if I have made any grammatical errors please excuse them:). 
 
 
 

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