Home!

I came home yesterday afternoon. Once I was in the car, the trip wasn't so bad but getting there was a little bit of another story.

We planed to leave right when it would be time for my medicine again so that I could just sleep the whole way home. My parents had started getting everything ready and were putting everything in the car. I got into my wheelchair by just lifting myself up and scooting into it while my dad held my leg up (my wheelchair was right against the bed, parallel). I've learned that that's the easiest was to transfer, rather than using the walker. I sat up in my wheelchair for a little bit because I often have problems with passing out post-op and that was the first time I got out of bed since my surgery. I was able to get into the bathroom with the walker and I was feeling tired, but still thought I could do it. I put some clean clothes on and then was going to try to stand up again and get back into the wheelchair. Then next thing I knew I was sitting down and just shaking. Luckily, my mom and dad were there. My dad was holding my leg up because it is very uncomfortable if it hangs down, and my mom was holding me up to make sure I wasn't going to tip over. Once I felt better I was able to get back into the wheelchair and then into the car and I pretty much slept the whole way home.

I'm still in quite a bit of pain and still really tired, so I'm pretty content with just laying in bed all day and moving as little as possible.