I think the most surprising thing about the recovery and the blog and is that there is a clear star in the minds of you readers. Not me. Not the surgeon who basically saved my life. Not the nursing staff. Not my Mom who more or less moved to Illinois for 5 weeks ( Read more... )

I think the most surprising thing about the visit from Aidan and his chaperones is how exhausted I am after their visit. Everything related to the kid is tiring. A quick trip to Target requires getting the car seat set and finding a dry shopping cart so that he's not sitting in water. You have to make sure to constantly have food and diapers and ( Read more... )

I think it's safe to say that I am not the world's most reliable blogger. Apparently, I've only written a couple of times since starting work three weeks ago tomorrow. I've got a lot of excuses, but none of them are that great. I'm very slowly getting set at work and in the new apartment. I bought a filing cabinet for my home office and picked ( Read more... )

Am I the only one that hates buying coffee out (from like a Starbuck's) and trying to drink it with the lid on? It's impossible to tell how hot the coffee is. I either burn the crap out of my mouth, or pull away before I get any coffee, out of fear that I'll burn the crap out of my mouth ( Read more... )

First off, I should just say that I'm sorry I haven't posted more often. Comcast wasn't able to get to my place to set up cable and internet for nearly a week after my move. Today, on campus at Elmhurst, is the first time I've been able to get online. And today has felt hectic, even if it really hasn't been that hectic ( Read more... )

We are safe and sound in Chicago. We had no problems at all; it was amazingly smooth.

So the good news first: my coughing has drastically subsided. Friday night (Day 238) was the low point for my coughing. Saturday was the point for my attitude. But Saturday was better than Friday. And Sunday was better than Saturday. And today is better than yesterday, which was better than Sunday. So things are definitely improving. I'm ( Read more... )

Only twice during this entire process have I ever really gotten frustrated. The first came on day 5 after I reached my breaking point with the chest tubes. By the morning of the day they took them out, I couldn't really breathe or walk or sleep without pain. The second has come in the last couple days. I've been hacking quite a bit since ( Read more... )

I hope no one thinks that my lack of blog posts over the last several days is a sign that things have taken a turn for the worse. On the contrary, I am really feeling a lot better. I had a meeting with the surgeon yesterday and he cleared me to drive, to take of the binder if I feel like it, and to "return" to work at Elmhurst for the start of ( Read more... )

This evening, Mom and I went out for dinner. It wasn't anything or anywhere special--we just went to my favorite S-B Mexican place--but it was very, very nice to do something the other humans do. The only two places I've been in the last 17 days are the hospital and my apartment. (I ran a couple errands on Thursday, but I'm not counting those ( Read more... )