Standiford Family Web Log

Took Beth to the doctor this morning for her post operative checkup. Everything looks good. The biopsy was as expected. It was not cancer but could have turned into cancer so it was best to get this taken care of. She still cannot drive. About 1 more week. She will go back in two weeks and the doctor will determine from there what else she can do. Like more than one time up and down the steps. But the full release will not come for six weeks from surgery.

I took a day of vacation on Friday to make sure that Beth was going to be okay but had to go back today. It bothered me some that she was home alone but I only called her twice to make sure she was okay. The only thing that really worried me was when she when downstairs. However, she did not take any of the pain killer today so she was a bit steadier on her feet. Guess it will get better everyday.

She called me at work today and said that she would be released about 4:30 pm. It was closer to 5:00 but that’s OK. Got her home and upstairs and that wore her out. She is only allowed to go up and down the steps one time per day. No lifting over 20 lbs. and all that other restricted stuff. After I got her settled I went down to Walgreens and dropped off her prescription and waited for it. Didn’t take long. Stopped at Sonic for supper. I’m taking tomorrow off so I can be home Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Hopefully by Monday I won’t worry quite so much about leaving her at home. Someone from church called and they are going to bring over a few meals. I think the first one will be Sunday afternoon so hopefully it will be something that can be reheated so Beth has something to eat while I am at work.

Well, I got the blog back up and running. Now I just have to try to get the old posts and comments reloaded. I have them backed up but so far I have not had a great deal of luck getting them reloaded. I’m not sure what caused the problem in the first place. If this happens again I will use a posted blog like the rest of you are doing.

Now, update on Beth. She is doing quite a bit better today. She is up and going to the bathroom on her own. Still on an IV but the pain medication is oral now. She is eating OK. She ate all of her soup and turkey sandwich and only had a bit of her fruit left tonight. They did move her to a different room. She was in the ob ward right across from the nursery. The hospital was really full and that was the only spot they had. But, they had 7 new babies today with number 8 on the way as they were moving her and they needed her room so they moved her down to the surgical ward. It is brand new and really nice – if being in the hospital can be nice. She may get to come home tomorrow. However, the doctor will not let her come home until she, uh, well, how do I say this politely, passes gas. I’m not sure why but I think it has something to do with getting all the anethesia out of her system. Well, time to go to bed. I’ll keep you posted.