Follow-Up

    So, it's been almost a week since my last update. In the last week I have been feeling better and better everyday which also means it is getting harder and harder to keep myself from bending, lifting, twisting and reaching above my head. This is also known as "BLT" to those of you back surgery friends (that's you AJ). I feel up to it but still need to keep myself from overdoing things. I have tried to keep busy by wrapping (and shopping for) all the gifts under my parents tree with my mom while Aaron is at work. I think I did a heck of a job if I do say so myself. See below...

    On Tuesday, my mom had an appointment at NKCH so I tagged along and went to say hello to my rad friends. 
    Wednesday was Aaron's day off and overall we were not very productive. Sometimes that isn't such a bad thing though.
    On Thursday, I had my post-op appointment at Dr. B's office. I went in and asked when the soonest possible date I could safely go back to work was. Dr. B's NP asked me what my job expects of me. I informed her that I could only be "officially" medically cleared to go back when I am able to bend, twist, push, pull and lift 50+ pounds. She gave me a "look" and asked if I felt like I ever actually lift 50+ pounds during my shifts. At that point, I pictured myself doing CVICU portables at 6:00 in the morning lifting heavily sedated, intubated, post-op cardiothoracic surgery patients by myself. This was quickly followed by visions of moving numerous morbidly obese ER patients from their carts to our x-ray table and back again over and over. I promptly responded to the NP that yes, I think 50 pounds is probably putting things rather mildly. I was then told that 3-4 weeks would be what was necessary to wait before going back to work 100%. So, long story short (or not so short), I am officially back to work on January 6th! Thank goodness.
    Also at my appointment on Thursday, I worked with one of the Boston Scientific reps to tweak some of my programs. I'm pretty dang happy with the changes we made. Isn't technology fascinating?!
    Anyway, Friday consisted of more wrapping and helping Aaron paint our bathroom. Due to the no bending, lifting, twisting or stretching rules I was pretty much in charge of cleaning out the paint brushes and rollers at the kitchen sink *woohoo*. 


That's where I'll leave things for now... Oh, one more thought, today is what I like to call "Christmas Eve Eve" or "Haley's Half-Birthday." Every December 23rd I seem to think of this and I felt I should share.


Merry Christmas everybody!!


**For those of you wondering what the deal is with the new larger font - my mom kept reading my posts on here and calling me to say that I had misspelled a word only to find out *every time* that my spelling is fine, the words were just too small for her to read correctly. Getting old is a bitch, huh?! :) This one's for you, Mom!