Day 13

I'm so embarrassed to say I had to go to the ER today. If you know me, you know I'm the tough girl. I grew up with three older brothers and that created a fighter on the inside. I'm still a girl and can get emotional, but I've never let pain consume me so much. 

The past couple days, since the serious pain medications ran out, I had been struggling with managing the pain. I couldn't keep it at a comfortable level. I spent most of this morning crying because the pain was too much. Like ugly face crying! We called my surgeon's on-call doctor an he said to go to the ER. I was there for about four hours, but we got the pain level down. I actually feel like a million bucks right now. 

The mistake we made was trying to use ibuprofen to manage the pain. I have broken bones and that's a no-no. So pain will be managed now with Tylenol. And so far it's working out well. 

So that's today's update. Have a good Memorial Day everyone.