Its been a few days now. Peri is settling into her role as home patient. Its very difficult for her to be confined to the bed most of the time and not be running the household as she typically does so well. I can only imagine what it must be like to lay in the bed and hear the “things” going on around the house and not be able to attend to them as needed/wanted. Especially as she hears how these “things” are being attended to and knows that she would handle them completely differently, at times! Don’t get me wrong, we all are so glad that Peri is home. There have been several Yahtzee, Uno and Snakes & Ladders games played, with the kids, on the bed in our room. The kids have snuggled with, and drawn many pictures for Mommy. You all know Peri, she may not be able to attend to everything as she wants, but she sure is trying her darndest to do so from the bed! I do commend her for letting go of somethings that she realizes are out of her control and are not that significant, in the grand scheme of things.
Today, we went to the first Dr’s appointment since she has come home. It was with Dr Helou, the surgeon. He was pleased with how the recovery is going from the surgery. The staples were removed from the incision. We were pretty much dismissed from Dr Helou. Dr Numnum is the next Dr’s visit. It will occur on Friday the 25th. We are getting more and more accustomed to the ileostomy and all that it entails. We are also meeting with home health nurses, Dr’s, social workers, etc… along the way. Never a dull moment!
It is hard for me to see my strong Peri in such a weak state. The visit to the Dr was grueling for her. She is half the size of her normal self. She was small to begin with! Sitting in a chair for 45 minutes at the dr’s offfice was excruciatingly painful for her. She had to ask for a bed so she could stretch out. My marathon running woman has been slowed tremendously. I so want more comfort for her. Until next time….