Dressing Off Day
I'm in a lot less pain than I was worried I'd be in, but it still hurts. I had no idea the surgery cut was so big! I took the dressing off as per the timeline I was given. I don't know what it's supposed to look like, but there's no leaking or seepage so I have to assume it's fine. The whole area is super tender. I'm giving myself the entire weekend before trying to process literally anything mentally or emotionally.
I accidentally did too much gardening yesterday. My rose garden was totally overtaken by blackberry brambles and I got carried away cutting them back.
My garden is such a source of peace and healing at this time.
This rose was bred and named for the Russian opera singer, Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Sam's mom had it done to honor him after he died of cancer. She gave me one to thank me for taking care of them when Sam's da passed away. This is it's first bloom since I added it to my garden.
