Safely home, sans gallbladder and gargoyle

[gerisullivan]

The 85-mile trip home took most of 5.5 hours today. I built in several breaks, stopping for a half-hour or more pretty much every half-hour of driving. First at the NESFA Clubhouse, then at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, then a welcome visit with nesfan, and finally at the Charleton rest area, just for good measure.

The frequent stops proved to be a good strategy. When I arrived home, I had enough energy to move sixteen packed bags plus two bags of groceries from the car to the first floor of the Zeppelin Hangar. Sorry, fringefaan; it wasn't 3x3, but rather 4x4. (The ants go marching....)

The house is standing, but the window box was somehow knocked mostly to the ground while I was gone and my beloved not-a-gargoyle is now a scattered mass of shards. I suspect a deer came in close to investigate the romaine lettuce growing in the window box, then had the bejeesus scared out of it when it knocked the window box loose from its rack. I supposed it could have been some other animal larger than a squirrel and smaller than a deer, but deer seem the most likely suspects.

I've just started reading Jim Butcher's Dresden Files books. Perhaps magic or wizardry are responsible, instead.

It sure was a good gargoyle. I'll miss him.

Still, it's good to be home.

I took the bag of dirty laundry downstairs and started the dehumidifier -- the basement really needs it. I suppose I should carry a bag upstairs and make sure everything is okay there, too. There's only one problem. If I do, I may well just fall into bed and sleep the sleep of the healing.

Comments

yaay, go you!

[dragonet2.livejournal.com]

I needed some positive health news from someone. REally it is.

Glad you're home. Maybe you needed a more sturdy gargoyle, like one of those stone-looking but some kind of composite ones from Toscano.

My friend Allison has a buddha that is stone. It may be a genuine stone carving, it is about 150 lbs even though it doesn't look like could weigh that much. Someone boosted it at her apartment when she lived near the Plaza, then tried to sell it to one of the antique dealers at 43rd and State Line. Who knew Allie. And called her, "I think we have your buddha, someone tried to sell it to us. We took it and said 'we had to appraise it, can you come back later?' ...."

The person got to meet the police appraiser...

[apostle-of-eris.livejournal.com]

Sounds like you came through well, with minimal if any complications.
One of the better parts of living in the future is what has become routine, non-major medicine!

Wishing you a recovery so smooth you hardly notice it.

[jcbemis.livejournal.com]

glad you got home safe- see you next week *hug*

Sleeeeeeep

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

If you fall into bed and sleep like a rock, you probably need it. Hang in there.

N.

Re: yaay, go you!

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

Oh, good story! I love it when thieves pick the right antiques dealers....

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

A complication kept me in surgery for an extra half-hour, in the hospital overnight, and I suspect the extra blood loss has slowed my recovery, but only somewhat. It was sobering (even on morphine) to hear the doctor say "no, I wouldn't rush it, wait longer" instead of the usual "you need to get up and walk now" routine most of 8 hours after surgery. While I knew I'd be staying overnight by that point, it was still several hours after most patients leave, having demonstrated their own ability to walk, keep down solids, and related things following the operation.

I didn't know it at the time, but the real turning point came Monday afternoon when they gave the okay for clear liquids after having told me I was going to be on the moist swab only until the next day. The swab restriction was because they were concerned they might have to take me back into the operating room to deal with the annoying internal bleeding that had been a problem during the gallbladder removal itself. Once they were reasonably sure they weren't going to have to go in again, they let me have real liquid.

After that, it was just a matter of getting blood pressure and oxygen saturation levels up to safe levels along with the usual pre-discharge stuff that everyone has to demonstrate. I was very impressed that they check patient tolerance of the prescription pain med before sending you home with the Rx.

Many thanks for your good wishes! It feels like I'm on the normal, good recovery path now. I'm both relieved and pleased by that state of affairs.

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

I'm looking forward to seeing you and fla_sunshine!

Re: Sleeeeeeep

[gerisullivan.livejournal.com]

True enough. But does that mean the converse is true (asks the woman posting at 2:46 am and feeling fine)?

[maruad.livejournal.com]

I am sorry for thr loss of your Gargoyle.