11 more days! Can you believe it?!
I had my pre-op appointment this Thursday and it's made my nerves calm down tremendously. I haven't actually met my surgeon yet, but I have met the surgical assistant, Melissa, several times and I LOVE her. She always stays in the room for at least a half hour answering my questions and jokes around with me (a huge plus in my book!).
To my amazement, I've lost 4.5 pounds since my last visit. I haven't exactly been eating like a perfect little dieter. Whoops. To follow up from my last post, I actually don't have to lose 19 pounds before the surgery, they just encourage your weight to go down, and not up :) Going to the store tonight, I almost felt like a prisoner on death row picking out their last meal...I wanted to eat everything!
I bought sister Julia's plane ticket. She'll fly in from SLC a few hours after my surgery. Luckily my roommate is willing to take me to the hospital and be there with me when I get out of the surgery. I can't even image doing this whole process without a "mom", or in my case, my sister, here with me. I'm lucky to have a sister who is willing (more willing, I think) to take a break from her four kids and husband to come here. Thank you to her husband for letting me steal her for a few days! :)
These last few days since I found out when I was getting the surgery have FLOWN by. I cannot believe I only have seven days left at work before it all happens. A new group started at work and we've been training them all week, so that's helped the work days go by faster.
Thank you all SO MUCH for the kind words, prayers, and support. I was a little worried about how people would take this announcement, and you've all amazed me and show me tons of love. I can't even express my gratitude!
My birthday was on Monday the 6th. 27 is soooo going to be my year!!! I CAN'T WAIT!
