Day 14

Today was the changing of the guard so to speak.  My mom left and my mother-in-law took her place.  Everything is going pretty well.  I'm tired because the ER doc prescribed more meds including a muscle relaxer to help my arm pain.  Those things really knock me out.  My arm still hurts when I try to do certain things like change my shirt, reach out for things, etc.  I'm back on prescription meds as well just because I'm talking more so I'm sore a lot.  However, I've started sleeping through the night so I can go longer without taking them.  My stitches have started to fall out.  Some of them come out when I brush my teeth.  I'm able to smile a little bit more than I could before.  Still numb in some areas and swollen too.  If you were to draw a circle from the tip of my nose down around my chin and back that is where I'm swollen. But the good news is you can't really tell.  Every day I feel electric shocks and the feeling that things are crawling under my skin.  My surgeon told me this is the sign that you are healing and your nerves repairing.