Oh happy day!

Aw yeah feeling good. I got home just in time for the super bowl, and it was my mama's birthday so it was really the perfect day to be released from the hospital. My hospital stay wasn't as traumatic as I thought it would be. They pretty much left me alone the only time the nurses were in my room was to clean out my wound and give me benadryl. Mostly i was super bored and I slept a lot. I have this weird reaction to pain pills, especially the intravenous stuff and it makes me super itchy so i was getting a lot of benadryl along with the pain meds. I was mostly afraid the hospital would be the worst part as far as being able to keep control of my bowls, I pictured messing a lot of bed sheets, but that never happened. In fact I haven't had any control issues so far, so that makes me feel Really good about the future!

I'm really pretty impressed at how good I feel. Compared to the first surgery I'm in no where near as much pain. I am sleeping a ton though, lots of naps. My life pretty much revolves around eating and going to the bathroom, it's about 14 times a day right now which is so much and feels annoying, but it also feels great because I know that number is only going to get smaller and smaller.

My little hole was so freaky at first. I mean there's literally a hole in my belly! You have to clean it out twice a day with one part peroxide three parts water, or you can take a shower and let the soap run over it and then just clean it out once. The first shower I took really freaked me out I was so nervous to let the water touch it, but it didn't hurt in fact i could hardly feel anything. My mom cleans it out for me b/c it's easier to be laying down while it's being cleaned so it's hard to do yourself. I can't even feel a thing while she's doing it.

I just really can't believe I feel this good. I had my doubts while I had the bag but now I'm just like why didn't I do this sooner! The first few days home my little bum was not happy I will admit. Its basically the same thing as a leak in your bag. The stool coming out is still very liquidy and that liquid is acidic so the skin on your bum gets irritated. You have to use desitin or some other zinc oxide cream/gel. It does help but sometimes you just have to be prepared to feel like you're on fire. I imagine this too will become less of an issue as time goes on.