Weds. 7/1 - Oh What A Night...

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A nurse from the hospital had called yesterday to check in on me and remind me to continue taking my meds at least for the next 24 hours because the anesthesia from the hospital will have fully worn off by the nighttime. And wear off it did...

I found myself in so much pain overnight that I wanted to tear the splint away from my leg and put ice packs directly up against my achilles. From the pulsating pressure against the casting I was sure that freaky alien baby from Alien was about to burst through my leg, but I piled on the ice packs, popped the Percocet as soon as I was allowed like it was a tic-tac, and tilted the tip of the leg pillow even further up so that the blood would flow away from the wound. When I still couldn't fall asleep, I picked up my Kindle and, from 3-5:30am I read a book (yes, in its entirety). As the sun came up, the pain began to slightly subside, and I was able to doze off.

I didn't wake again until close 10am, and only then to have a bathroom break and small bite to eat. I spent most of the day napping, with the exception of watching the new Scoob! movie I'd promised my youngest I'd watch with him while his older brother was at baseball, and though I'm pretty sure my eyes were open for most of the movie, I can't for the life of me tell you anything about it, thanks to my good friend, Percocet, who was finally letting me relax.

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