Day 17 - Independence

Hi there! In the world of post-surgery recovery, today was as good a day as I could have hoped for. I must be doing loads better, because my parents felt ok leaving me alone for a long stretch of time. This is the first time that I've been without someone in the house for more than an hour since surgery. I think I did very well - I even got started on some chores. A bit of laundry and tidying my room. It's amazing how messy it gets when you just don't have the energy to keep up with it.

Then I went out of the house on my own! My friend, E, that I mentioned in an earlier post, has not yet seen the final Harry Potter movie. Well, that just won't do! We decided we'd go see it together, so I drove out and met her at work, and then we went up to the mall to see the movie. E loved it, and it was just as awesome for me the second time around. There were even some cute stray kittens outside the theater to gush over. A very successful day indeed!

Swelling is going down significantly, and I'm starting to see a bit of what I may look like when this is all over. I'm not dropping pounds so quickly, and eating is getting easier by the day. I even had pizza today! Maybe in the future it will taste like poo, but right now, my mother and I are proud of our strange accomplishment.

I think I'm finally starting to see the light at the end of this bizarre tunnel, and it couldn't be brighter.