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well the surgery went off without a hitch, and as an added bonus, it got us started on nightweaning milo. since i had to stay overnight at the hospital, milo had to spend a night without "babas". and since my neck is too tender to risk getting kicked in the middle of the night, saturday and sunday nights, we did a bed swap once he woke up and mac dealt with the night wakings. he woke up pretty much hourly after midnight on friday, every 1-1/2 hours saturday, every 2 hours on sunday, but it hasn't been too hard for mac to pat him down to sleep or walk him around a bit. then last night, a miracle happened. milo slept from 7:30 pm to 4:30 without making a peep! that's NINE HOURS! the previous record was maybe 4-1/2 or 5 hours and that was a rare occurance. here's hoping that it's the start of something good, and not just a fluke. it doesn't seem to be too rough on either mac or milo, so i think we'll stick at it for a few more nights and see what happens. tonight, mac walked him around and put him down and he was awake...he lay there and babbled at mac for a few minutes and fell asleep. i like this!!!
other notes about the surgery...let's see. it's really weird to wake up and just have a couple hours totally gone, no memories at all. it's also good to know that while california is progressive, it's not quite as progressive as to intentionally assign co-ed roommates in semi-private rooms. i was not too keen on sharing the bathroom with the 70 year old russian man that they wheeled into my room shortly after i got settled in. thankfully, after mac made a phone call, i was moved to a private room across the hall. slept pretty well after my lovely dinner of chicken broth and orange jello. woke up a couple times in the night to pump. the next morning, the doc came in and removed a big bloody bandage from my neck. i was glad i couldn't see that the night before. ick. mac and milo came and picked me up and we went home. spent the rest of the weekend just hanging out and relaxing, with a few little trips out and about thrown in. went to ross to buy some sassy scarves to cover my scar, went for a barefoot walk on the beach with milo and mac, took a walk through the botanical gardens. and i took some nice 2 hour naps.
but i went back to work today since my sick time has pretty much been used up and i felt fine. *sigh* i'm so ready to not be working again.
but i'm still tired. somehow, even after all the glorious sleep i've been getting the past few nights. so i think i'm off to bed.
other notes about the surgery...let's see. it's really weird to wake up and just have a couple hours totally gone, no memories at all. it's also good to know that while california is progressive, it's not quite as progressive as to intentionally assign co-ed roommates in semi-private rooms. i was not too keen on sharing the bathroom with the 70 year old russian man that they wheeled into my room shortly after i got settled in. thankfully, after mac made a phone call, i was moved to a private room across the hall. slept pretty well after my lovely dinner of chicken broth and orange jello. woke up a couple times in the night to pump. the next morning, the doc came in and removed a big bloody bandage from my neck. i was glad i couldn't see that the night before. ick. mac and milo came and picked me up and we went home. spent the rest of the weekend just hanging out and relaxing, with a few little trips out and about thrown in. went to ross to buy some sassy scarves to cover my scar, went for a barefoot walk on the beach with milo and mac, took a walk through the botanical gardens. and i took some nice 2 hour naps.
but i went back to work today since my sick time has pretty much been used up and i felt fine. *sigh* i'm so ready to not be working again.
but i'm still tired. somehow, even after all the glorious sleep i've been getting the past few nights. so i think i'm off to bed.