1 more down, 1 to go :)

i got another drain out today :) yay! my doctor says that everything looks really good- i'm healing well. the little spot that he thought he may have to "trim and re-sew" looks healed, and my lymph node incisions are doing well. the last drain that's left is the one that had the infection. it's still draining quite a bit each day, though it seems to be on a downward trend. i'll call back on thursday with my drain numbers, and may get it out at that point. if not, hopefully monday.

on monday afternoon i have blood work and a follow-up CT scan. hopefully i'll start chemo again on wednesday. it will all depend on my lab work. i can't start chemo until my blood work has returned to normal from surgery.

i'm feeling good :) the benedryl makes me *sleeeeeepy* but other than that i'm okay. i'm back off of my pain meds, and just taking tylenol a few times each day. the benedryl is crazy, though! i take it and within a few minutes i'm ready for bed. i don't know how kids can take it!

i think that we may try to go school supply shopping tomorrow through my benedryl haze. symma needs to be ready for K5! and there are some things that i need to get for my classroom, as well. should be entertaining... me and mom, symma and izzy loose in target. look out world, here we come! i don't have much else on my schedule for the rest of the week.

it's very frustrating to be home, but completely unable to care for my own kids! i'm so glad to have them home, so i can see them and talk to them, but i am mostly just an observer. it's rather obnoxious. but since i really don't want to have to do this again, i'm listening to my doctors and following directions. and my mom and my sister are pretty hardcore nurses- it's easier for me to be away from the kids than it is to sit there and not be able to do anything! not that i'm complaining about them being here- we all need to get back on a regular schedule and a regular life, it's just hard not to be able to do anything. i can't wait until i feel normal again!!