Thursday
Today was the day…
That started as a fragile day. The thing with surgery, especially if it’s quite major is you have to prepare for at least one or more difficult days. For me, today was one. From the moment I opened my eyes and became aware of my mouth, I felt this was the horrid day. The nerve block they used at the end of surgery is now beginning to wear off . There’s still not a lot of pain, but the inside of my mouth feels swollen and sore. The left side of my lip feels very like sunburnt with tiny little blisters. Such a minor issue but so irritating. Because my lower jaw has been moved, my talking muscles have changed, so I need to get to used to those working. 🤔
How blessed am I to have had a little work to do but have the ability to completely rest – duvet day – with the wind picking up and rain forecast, this was no hardship. I made a 30cm shift from my side of the bed to the middle, plumped myself up a cushion and snuggled in bed with my laptop, my book, cell phone and cappuccino. The birds flitting around the feeder were my company. I also have dumped the ice packs and instead of freezing them – I’m heating them and applying heat to the swelling now. With lashings of Arnica oil and the heat application, I am seeing the bruising fade and the swelling will very gradually come down. This is the comparison of the bruising between Sunday and today…
Mike took Courage to the site and got him started – Mike then came home, I got dressed and took a drive with him to pick up more electrics. Then we went to Echo to drop them off. Werner has been boarding up Julian’s floor ahead of tonight’s storm…
Meanwhile, on my floor, the plastering is being done…
So when we got home, I went straight to bed. I did a bit of work and then I literally spoke to myself and said, “go to sleep Helga and while you sleep you will heal!” I took my first pain pill of the day at 1pm. I woke up at 3pm feeling so very much better. Mike had made me tea and so I drank that and came and wrote this. Yay! I have my mo-jo back. Mike will be so happy. He’s gone to pick up Courage.
Yeah! I got through a difficult day!
25th June 2020 – my brother Arnold would have turned 60 today. I remember him with love. 💟
Corona Stats – June 2020 – we are now bracing ourselves for it to get much worse in SA.
- Thursday 18th – 3478 new cases – 63 deaths (44920 recoveries/37233 active)
- Friday 19th – 3825 new cases – 94 deaths (47825 recoveries/38059 active)
- Saturday 20th – 4966 new cases 😨 – 46 deaths (50326 recoveries/40478 active)
- Sunday 21st – 4621 new cases – 53 deaths (51608 recoveries/43764 active)
- Monday 22nd – 4288 new cases – 61 deaths (53444 recoveries/46155 active)
- Tuesday 23rd – 4518 new cases – 111 deaths (55045 recoveries/48961 active)
- Wednesday 24th – 5688 new cases – 103 deaths (56874 recoveries/ 52717 active)
Total cases: 111 796. Total deaths: 2205
Acts 15:11
We are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.
I so appreciate those words.
The best is yet to come.
Keep the smile going, even when it’s swollen and sore.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂
Braces:
1 year and 225 days