The First 24 Hours/Part 4

Todd went home around 7pm to get the A-team to bed.  A lot of the evening is hazy.  I did get some wonderful stadol in my IV to help with the pain which honestly made me feel like I was falling off the edge of a cliff.  I was concerned about feeding the baby, but she actually slept a lot.  I was in and out of sleep.  I remember texting Todd and he asked me if I was high.  I admitted I may have been.

Around 2 or 3 in the morning, the nurses came in and unhooked the catheter and helped me get up.  It's standard to do that about 12 hours after surgery.  Getting up was hard and I needed a lot of help.  I limped with an escort to the bathroom.  Sitting down was HARD.  I sat in a chair for a while afterwards to work a different set of muscles.  Ellie was sleeping in the nursery through most of this.  I actually got some sleep, which I didn't expect.  Didn't happen with the other two!

The next morning, the nurses helped me out of bed again.  We talked about a shower.  But before that, I got a surprise visitor.  Actually, Todd called me and told me a minute in advance that Travis Bliss was stopping by...he owns Bliss Environmental in Camden and is a good friend of Todd's and had started to be a friend of mine.  I fretted for half a second how I looked than got over it.  I can't get any photos from my phone into my email, so I'll have to post it later.  He was officially the first visitor to hold Eleanor!  He was disappointed Todd wasn't there.  Later, he sent me some beautiful flowers.

It had been 24 hours since I had given birth to Miss Ellie. It was a whirlwind.  I could hardly stand up, but the surgery already seemed like no big deal.  Amazing how the things we build up end up just fine...more than just fine.