Our Amazing Bodies

The ability our bodies have to heal is truly amazing.  Enough so that it's hard to believe we ever get too old or sick to recover.

Kim had her thyroid removed yesterday and they unfortunately had to go through her throat and also break her breastbone to get the whole thing out.  She looks like she was attacked by a serial killer!

When she was brought to her hospital room about 3 hours after surgery she was not in good shape...in pain and with little strength.  She was also vomiting from either the anesthetic or the pain medication they'd given her.  It breaks your heart to see your child in that condition but it helps to know it's only temporary and that each day now will make her better.

I saw her today and it really was like night and day.  She looked stronger and brighter.  She'd been up already to go to the bathroom (hates bedpans with a fury) and wanted to go for another walk.  Because of the broken and mended breastbone, she can't raise herself from the bed without help but her nurse was there to help her up and out of bed.  We went for a walk around the ward (about 5 minutes) and she was tired and ready for bed again but I was amazed at how her body had responded to the trauma it had sustained and was quickly healing itself.

Kim was doing things like lifting her own drink glass that she was unable to do just last night.  She is a fighter, that's for sure, and won't waste time coddling herself.  I hope she doesn't push herself too fast, though.

I know her boys will take good care of her when she goes home but I hope to have her with me for a few days until she does go home.  I just want to coddle her a bit.