A JOYFUL NOISE

Last Wednesday, I got a delivery.............DAISIES!!!!!!!! (w/Roses) Daisies are my favorite flowers of all time. It is a Get-Well bouquet from a friend I've know for a while who lives in SC . It was a nice gesture and put a smile on my face!! I'm truly blessed with wonderful place friends, a great church family, and great family who has cared for me as I recover from this past surgery. I'm doing fairly well over all. Some pain here and there but I will be well enough to head back to work next Monday! thanks everyone for your prayers!

My surgery was on Tuesday. I had to go in around 9:15. I didn't wait long in the waiting room before they called me back to prep me for surgery. I was able to see my doctors before the surgery which in some ways is unusual. Apparently, the hospital now requires the doctors to come in a "see" the patient and draw on the patient to mark where the operating site is. The nurse who prepped me for surgery was extremely nice. Although I HATE HATE HATE needles for IVs, she do a phenomenal job in finding a good vein and sticking me. Around 10:15 or 10:30, they walked me (yes I WALKED) into the OR and jumped up on the table, where I then proceeded to freeze to death. Brrrr!!! They hooked me up w/ all sorts monitors and such as expected. They also gave me kinda like a warming blanket---it wasn't a blanket per say, but it it was kinda a thin plastic cover that hooks up at the end and blows warm air, so I was nice and toasty. Soon after, I saw my oral ...

I had a pre-operative workup today at UVA. Originally, my surgery date was June 18th. Little did I know until TODAY that they moved up my surgery date to June 9---NEXT TUESDAY! The recovery period is hopefully not long and I can get back to work w/in 2 our 3 weeks. ......of course I had mentioned that I haven't gotten confirmation on my insurance, but I'm sure that will all work itself out (Dr. Gampper said they will make sure it is authorized). While I'm glad it's closer and I can get it over with sooner, it also means I'm crunching time for FMLA paper work to my employer! ah!!!! My surgery will entail several things; and it will be at ASC at UVA (going home the same day!) They will do something with my jaw, thin out scars on my face at the same time thin out the excess tissue growth and such. They will move my right ear up and remove excess tissues inside my mouth. As far as recovery, I should be able to go home the same day and if all goes well, they th...