Angela has been home since Saturday late. Finally got the pain thing worked out. She's not much into the narcotics (ssssh-constipation). She’s still hooked up to a catheter in her neck and a pump by which she receives a numbing agent similar to what they used in surgery; one that numbs the shoulder not the mind or spirit. She carries the unit around in a fanny pack. She'll be hooked up for a week. It won't stop her; she's already been out to the garden.
Took her in today for x rays and check up by the surgeon. Incision looks great, swelling is down. The areas where they tried to get an I.V. into her other arm (x4) looks the worst. Girl ain't got no veins. They take her BP on her calf now.
I have to say...the pain thing. Wow. She has my respect; all of it. While she was going through the worst of it, out of the blue she looked at me and said..."Those poor guys in Iraq, loosing their arms and legs, how they suffer...I'm so lucky".
I hear her email box is full. She’ll get back to everyone soon, probably via blog.
