My spine surgery journey: from preparation to recovery

[Friday]

My version of a Wellest Soonest! Bouquet

I do own the image, but I’m on mobile so it’s not pristine :facepalm: Will update once I’m on a real computer.

 

[bellbird]

My version of a Wellest Soonest! Bouquet

Aww! It's gorgeous. Thank you very much, @Friday :)

Would it be ok if I printed it out to take with me and stick up by my hospital bed?

 

[Friday]

Would it be ok if I printed it out to take with me and stick up by my hospital bed?

Lemme get the pristine one up, this one’s a bit fuzzy :p I’ll tag you when I do

What’s your fav colour? Or a fav colour, might be more accurate?

 

[bellbird]

Lemme get the pristine one up, this one’s a bit fuzzy :p I’ll tag you when I do

Yep yep -- thank you!

What’s your fav colour? Or a fav colour, might be more accurate?

Yellow :) my fav -happy- colour ;)

 

[blackemerald1]

I really had a giggle when I imagined us all in the hospital waiting room. We'd be a strange mob indeed :p & I think we'd get booted out after 15 minutes! :hilarious:

 

[Wendell_R]

I really had a giggle when I imagined us all in the hospital waiting room. We'd be a strange mob indeed :p & I think we'd get booted out after 15 minutes! :hilarious:

But we would have fun seeing each other in real life for those 15 minutes!

My version of a Wellest Soonest! Bouquet

Wonderful!

If I can compare to any point of reference in my life thus far, it would be to the many academic exams that I have sat.
You can prepare for weeks in advance, as best you can.
You can try to anticipate what it will be like.
But you can never really know, until you're there.

To continue the simile, I tell my kids what I found to be true of exams. The exam itself doesn't have to be the hard part. The hard part is getting ready for the exam. In the exam itself, you just need to show people how well you've prepared. You really have prepared as well as you possibly can!

:hug:

 

[Freida]

To keep you company!

:hug:

 

[bellbird]

To keep you company!

Awww, @Freida -- thank you :hug: ????
I will save them to watch when I'm in hospital recovering!

--
Well, today was my last day at uni with a curvy spine!
Before I left, I wrote my future self a very detailed note about what I was last doing on my office computer so I'm less wtfo when I get back.

Tomorrow Tweeter and I will make the drive to my parents' house, because we'll be going from there to the hospital.

And then I just need to get my blood type confirmed in case I need a transfusion during/after surgery, and we'll be all systems go :)

 

[Wendell_R]

we'll be all systems go :)

We're packing our virtual bags, ready for our virtual visit to the hospital to be with you! :hug:

 

[bellbird]

We're packing our virtual bags, ready for our virtual visit to the hospital to be with you! :hug:

Wonderful! :hug:
For anyone else coming along for the virtual journey, here's some scenery from part one of our NZ summer drive to the hospital location :)

 

[Wendell_R]

Yes!! A nice late-summer break from winter & ice & the morass of mud in our back yard! I will rent a big van that we can all pile in.

 

[LuckiLee]

Good luck , @bellbird . Sending positive ju ju to you and your team of doctors and nurses. XO

Beautiful "bouquet" @Friday! I love it. ?