Another Update

I don't know where to start.....I guess with the blood thinners. I was given a large dose of Coumadin by my doctor. I do NOT blame her. She was prescribing under the advice of another physician that specializes in blood clots. Anyways, they checked my INR 4 days later and it was above 10. The therapeutic ranges are between 2-3 when you are on Coumadin. Obviously they took me off of it until my levels came down. I went to Plano to have my INR checked almost every day last week. It was a pain in the ass to say the least. Finally on Friday it was down to 4.8. I was told to stay off of my Coumadin until I could start seeing my regular doctor today. I went to his office around noon to have my INR checked again. He said that no matter what, he will call me with the results today. Even if it is 7 or 8pm. That made me feel good. He told me that he probably will not have me take more than 2mg. Normally people are on at least 5mg. The reason I would be on a lower dose is because of how fast my INR went up. I probably don't need that much. That also makes me happy LOL

The other day I was CRAVING Mexican food. K went and got me some Tortilla soup :) I cannot describe how amazing it was to taste that broth. I cannot eat the solids inside the the soup, but the broth was almost heavenly. LOL He has gone back to get two more for me since then. I cannot wait to get to the soft/pureed diet on Friday. LOL I am beyond ready for some lunch meat and chicken. :)

C had her last game. She did great!!! She is really starting to look like a little softball player. I am so proud of her!!! She hit the ball twice from the coach pitch and only had to use the tee once, but that is only because she fouled the ball 3 or 4 times. K is one proud Daddy too. There aren't many out there that would wear a hot pink shirt to support their daughter LOL

I am finally starting to feel good again. I was so regretting the surgery up until yesterday. I think there are several reasons for that. One being that I was having a hard time coping with the blood clots. I was talking to someone in a support group online and it just came to me that not only was I not prepared to deal with complications, but I was not prepared to face my own mortality. If one of these blood clots breaks off, they can go to my lungs....that is scary. A PE can be deadly. Dealing with that and all the changes going on, I just wasn't ready to deal with it. Plus, I was only getting small amounts of protein. I finally have been able to get about half of a protein shake in at a time. That has made me feel MUCH better almost instantly. It has given me much more energy. I guess those put together makes for a happy Momma.

I looked in the mirror today and I can tell how much weight I have lost. I will put a pic of me in the same shirt. The first pic is from this morning, the second pic will be from a year or so ago. :) I am so excited to see the difference :) I got bigger from when the other pic was taken, but it was the same shirt so you could see the difference LOL it was stretched over my stomach. Not, its a little baggy. My arms have breathing room now too. You may not be able to tell much difference, but I certainly can!!