3 days after surgery

hey everyone,

i hope you'll forgive me for not making it in today. this recovery thing is tougher than i thought, and much more painful. i had the surgery tuesday afternoon, but didnt leave the hospital until tuesday night. the doctors gave me medicine to numb my arm, and to make me sleep, and when i woke up in recovey, my voice was really hoarse because the nerve that controls feeling in your arm is right next to the nerve that contols your vocal cords. who knew?

since i've been home, i've felt a little better each day. i've been trying to eat healthy foods so my body will heal even faster. some friends sent a fruit basket with chocolate covered strawberries, which were really delicious. i've been sleeping a lot too, and it's still hard to move around because my shoulder hurts a lot.

right now i have a bandage on my incision that is called a "pressure wrap". it has to stay dry and it helps the stitches underneath heal faster. it's really tight and hurts to touch so as long as i don't move around too much it's ok.

i hope to be back in school on monday. i can't wait for us to start recording our podcasts. after they're done we'll be able to transfer them to an ipod or mp3 player so you can share them with people at home.

i still want to make a "tech greatest hits" CD with our garageband songs. let me know if you'd like your song to be on it.

see you soon,

ms. apfel

2 days till surgery

i'm pretty nervous for my shoulder surgery. if you want to see a video of what it will look like, check out this site: http://www.orthoillustrated.com, click the shoulder, and watch the first two videos on the bottom half of the screen. It's called AC Joint Repair graftrope and AC Joint Repair tightrope. don't worry, it's not a bloody video, just an animation.

surgery is scheduled for 3pm on tuesday, so think good thoughts for me at that time. i'm a little scared that something might go wrong, and i know it's going to hurt when i get home, but my family will be taking care of me so i know i'll be ok.

maybe i'll even be back in school by thursday or friday!