Getting Back to (Normal)

Well I’ve been home for just about 4 days now. The first couple days were really hard. I couldn’t even bend down to pick up Arabella from her swing. I needed help with every little thing. I’m still not back to my normal range of motion… but I am getting better! I can feed Arabella again which is nice but now she likes to kick and punch at my stomach. Sometimes if she gets a hold of a bandage she likes to pull, especially if she’s having one of her fits. It’ been an adjustment being home and trying to juggle the normal life. I’m still on meds so that slows me down a little but overall I am happy to be out of the hospital and back with my family. A little soreness and tenderness isn’t too bad when I look at the whole picture. Though that first night was a doozy.

I’m so glad that Jason was around because I was just exhausted. Thank heavens it was a Monday when he didn’t have work. I honestly couldn’t have done it on my own! I’m a little frightened to see the hospital bills. Four nights and five days…two procedures and a bunch of tests…ouch. Honestly I know it’s going to be one crazy expense that we hadn’t saved for. I’m pretty sure this means that any travel we were expecting to do this summer or fall or winter is not going to happen. I’m pretty disappointed to say the least. Boo. Anyway lets talk about something happier. 

A few months ago I did a survey for Huggies. I was expecting to receive a box of diapers for taking the survey but some of the ladies saw a technicality and called Huggies. Huggies said that they would honor it so all 300 moms who took the survey would receive the allotted amount of diapers. THANK heavens!  This is going to save us some of the money that we are going to lose from the hospital costs. This is such an unexpected blessing. Yes they are all size 3 and she can’t wear them yet but in the long run it will save us a couple hundred dollars. You can’t complain about random blessings!

Other than that things are getting back to normal. Easter is sneaking up on us. I’m not sure what our plans are. 🙂 Hope you all are doing well.  

Love,

Maryia Sky

Video below (can also click on box to view)

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