Ok ... let me see ... where did I leave off ...

Oh yes ... Scared ... with a swollen leg/dog scratch wound seeing my newest doctor .. a wonderful Plastic Surgeon.. who just told me that I would be seeing him for awhile and skin grafts!!!

After the doctor numbed the area .. he debried the area of dead skin and redressed my wound ... sent me home to stay in bed with my leg elevated ..

WHAT?? Who's going to take care of the dogs? Who's going to do the housework?? Who's going to cook dinner and all the other general type things that make a household run smoothly?? ...

the doctor smiled and quietly said "either you stay in bed with your leg up OR I will put you in the hospital... ok?" .... then he left the room ...

OH CRAP ... just what I needed.... a kind, calm doctor telling me to stay still ... didn't he know I am hyperactive with ADHD .....  

 and well... let me rethink this ....

 HEY ... this could be a vacation ... and ... NOW Steven (hubby) will see all the work I do during the day ... (which kills me .. and he takes for granted )  .... THIS COULD BE A VACATION!!!!! ....

A small cooler with whatever food I need during the day ... 32" flat screen TV ... laptop ... cellphone .... air conditioning .... gorgeous bedding ... beautiful bedroom of lavendar and celedon greens ...ahhhh .. more like a spa vacation .... (see how I am using my ADHD, hyperactive mind to convince myself that staying put for several months was going to be fun ... *wink*) ... but ... (and there is always a but) ... I get bored too easily .. but the thought of being tossed in the hospital was enough for me to behave .....

two long weeks went by ... with my hubby taking care of everything (part of me was thinking .... OMG this is too funny ..... or .. OMG I am going to have tons of catch up cleaning when I get back on my feet) plus I had to be seen by my doctor every three to four days ... to make sure my cellulitus is going away ... I am taking three kinds of antiobiotics ... and they leave a nasty taste in my mouth ...

Steven is having a hard time trying to get me to eat because the taste in my mouth is yucky .... but we settled on almost burnt grilled cheese sandwiches or McDonalds Cheeseburgers (which i typically hate) and Pizza ... who doesn't love Pizza ... Also ... tons of Yogurt .. fruit ... cranberry juice ... raisin bran cereal (only things that don't turn my stomach with the ichy taste in my mouth) ... I actually did start loosing weight ... *big smiles* ....

Then one day when I was going to see my doctor ... he told me to see his head surgery nurse on the way out to set up the date and time for the first skin graft surgery three days from now ..... WHAT ... SURGERY ... SKIN GRAFT .... HOLY CRAP .... (by the way the word wasn't Crap...lol)

 but after he explained that I would be awake and just numbed up ... and the whole procedure would take maybe 45 minutes ...... OK .. I can live with that ....