Day 3 Post-Op: Feeling Better

GOOD MORNING, BLOGGERS!! And blog readers, of course. ;)

Things seem to be normalizing here; I slept pretty well without waking up for pain medication. My sons were up at 5.30 am (whaaa???) but I stayed in bed and let my husband handle that, bless him. I felt well enough to put my baby to bed last night, which is a milestone since she weighs 18 pounds and getting her into and out of the crib requires me to bend over the rail.

My mom is leaving in a couple days, which is sad because we've all so enjoyed having her here. I'm getting lots of rest and sleep now because next week I fly solo with the household and kids, school pickups and dropoffs and making dinners, etc. I'm desperately banking my sleep!

I ended up having a shake yesterday (with permission from my surgeon's nutritionist), which bumped my protein intake up and freed me from the dreaded Isopure drinks. Last night I strained a can of Campbell's French Onion soup and had about 1/3 c. for dinner (while everyone else at the table tucked into pasta, meatballs, garlic bread and salad).

Today I'm planning to go out and tackle some errands. Oh, but before that I'm going to weigh in. I'm trying to be all Zen about this, but frankly my dear if I don't lose some el-bees during this hellish clear liquids phase, someone's got some 'splaining to do.

**UPDATE**
Scale says I've lost 3.5 pounds since morning of the surgery, for a total of 16.5 pounds down since my surgery consult in early October. Still a long way to go, but ... YAYYYYY!