Day 4

              The doctor and the nurse explained that the first and second day would be the worst. Surprisingly enough, Melissa was fine these days. It could be her toughness or the pain medicine. She had been up walking around and making jokes just like she used to. It wasn't until day 3 when the pain started. Melissa was dreading getting her catheter, it was probably the worst part of her pregnancies. She has never had any luck with these, and this time was no different. For whatever reason her catheter stopped working. Luckily by this time she was able to start walking more often. This allowed her to have it taken out. She spent a lot of time sleeping in between some visitors here and there. They switched her pain meds and the pain was a little more bearable. She really wanted to make sure that I explained the pain. For the first couple of days she was saying that pregnancy was harder. After the 3rd and 4th day she quickly changed that. It's crazy how much you use your abdomen muscles.

           They told us that she would be expected to go home either Friday or Saturday, depending on how she was doing. She had been taking frequent walks and her diet was moved up to actual food. Melissa has had a fear of getting a blockage so the thought of eating food terrified her. She ate a few things and I think realized that it wasn't going to be as bad as she thought. The doctor came in and talked with us today and let us know that she would be going home! Yay! She is home now! She was nervous but very excited to be able to see the kids. I think the best news that we received today was the lab results came back from Melissa's colon. They were testing for cancer and for krohns disease. They both were negative! Melissa was really nervous to know the results and so we were very comforted to hear those results. She is now home and resting. She is still in quite a bit of pain which is to be expected. All is well at this point and we just look forward to the second part of the surgery to connect it back down to her j-pouch.