It’s been a week in here…

It’s been a minute. Sorry I haven’t really posted much… i’m so tired. i’ve had a lot of up and down nights so far.overall the doctors are liking what they’re seeing. Today they pulled one of the drains out of my back. That leaves one more left in my back and the doppler that’s in my neck.

They also decided that they were going to switch out my trach for a smaller one… ohhhh man that one hurt, not gonna lie. Stitches out… trach out.. new trach in… 4 new stitches in my throat. They mentioned that they will have a different cannula to put in it tomorrow so that hopefully i’m able to talk some. If i cover it up and try to talk now you can faintly hear me. The swelling on my flap (the muscle implant) is finally going down a bit but the lymphedema on the right side of my jaw and neck is so swollen it’s almost like a rock and that definitely hurts.

My absolute favorite thing here (besides all the super nice nurses and drs) is that they have a Pet Therapy program. So today I got to pet Delilah a golden retriever. She was super sweet😊. It helped some because I’m really missing my furbaby right now.

BIG SHOUT OUT to my parents, my brother, and Matt who have all been switching out days/nights with me. I know it’s not comfy here but it means a lot. I love y’all so much even though half of you probably won’t know how to read this😂😘❤️.

And of course thank you for all of your prayers, please keep them coming.

Love you all!!

💗Amy

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