Oct 4: I'M HOME!!!

Hi all! Finally doing this from my own computer.

Arrived yesterday, home about 4:30 pm. Ellen came over and did food shopping for us, which was great.

Unfortunately, I am still in a lot of pain. Is even worse today, because I seem to have developed costochondritis (inflammation of the cartilege attaching the rib to the sternum) on the right side. Probably from all the packing and movement involved in getting ready to come back. Constantly painful, even small movements are excrutiating. Couldn't sleep last night, did nap today. Didn't call/contact anyone that wasn't urgent because I'm not exactly perky when I feel lousy, and I'm sick of feeling lousy.

The kitties, however, were ecstatic to see me and have been with me constantly since I've been home. Who says cats don't care about human contact? Anyway, still taking antibiotics, and the chest tube hole is looking better.

On to another topic: there was apparently a glitch in the blog system last week, which was why there were no updates for several days. Brenda tried without success, as did I, to get something up.

While they told me that I could drive once I was off narcotics I can't picture driving a manual shift with my right side this painful, and I think I'm going to treat myself to something stronger than Tylenol tonight. Time to sign off: Lost is on! TTFN Laurie