Staying

We have decided to stay in Milwaukee until Tuesday and see the doctor (he's in surgery Mondays). There isn't anything alarmingly wrong. However, I am continuing to fight nausea, especially if I stay up for more then about 2 hours. The ringing in my ears has resumed, which often has been a bad sign for me that the pressure is inching up. Most likely he will tell me that everything looks ok. I called the neuro floor of the hospital to ask a few questions to help decide if we should leave or not. They aren't surprised by the nausea and i guess I'm not either. There isn't a lot he can do again without surgery but we decided that having him look things over and reviewing everything probably isn't a bad idea. It also give me a couple more days to prepare for the trip back. Even though I really am not feeling well I don't have a headache--which is wonderful.

Each surgery seems to be more difficult to recover from and this has definitely not been an exception. I wake up in a great deal of pain and then it is up and down throughout the day. The top and left side of my scalp is mostly numb and half of my ear is numb, too. Thankfully Kyle helps me with washing my hair. I'm not supposed to get the staples wet and I can't feel what I am doing with my head. The incision in my stomach is horizontal and right at the waistline of my jeans and sweatpants. I keep them rolled down, but it is fairly sensitive. My head is the biggest problem, though. Too bad there isn't such a thing as a head transplant--I would love that! :)