Going home today. Turned out to be two nights in the hospital after all, which I really expected despite what the doctors said. I could quite bring myself to believe that they would kick me out of the hospital after only one night, after such a major surgery involving my entire torso and both hips. Even with my c-sections, which only involved the lower abdomen, I had to stay at least two nights. I’m glad they kept me here. Gives me an extra day to get over everything before I have to manage all those stairs at home.

I got up and about really good yesterday. Instead of leaving those leg balloons on all the time, I just made sure I was up and out of bed at least once an hour, whether I took a lap down the hall or just went to the bathroom. I’ll make sure and do this at home, too.

It’s sad, in a way. It looks like this laptop might have been a bit of a waste. We’ll see. But I was up and in a chair for several hours last night, so theoretically I could sit at my own desk now at home. But I paid for a full month, so I’m going to keep it. I’m going to get spoiled and have to actually buy one now!

I got my first real look at my belly last night. It’s very very ugly, but it makes me feel better. I still have tons of battle scars, and I still have some fat padding. I just don’t have that overhang that I could pick up and move around. It’s still very much my own belly, just smaller. I was worried about that. I didn’t really want to get rid of all my stretch marks, they’re like a badge of honor. So I still have stretch marks and a little fat. He said my skin should have enough elasticity still that I could lose a little weight without incurring another pannus, so that’s good. We’ll see what pant size I wind up in now, but I think I’ll still want to drop 15 pounds or so and go down a dress size, just to make life easier.

Boy, is that incision ugly. All purple and covered in crusty blood. I’m going to take a shower in a bit. Doc said I could wash it, soap and all, so hopefully it will look better after it’s cleaned up a little. My belly button doesn’t look bad. I might be able to get it pierced after all. All the stitches appear to be concealed inside it. It’s so weird to see my belly button there, still. But it sure looks nicer.

I’m officially discharged. Now I’m just waiting for Mom to get up and come get me. Might not be until after lunch. I’m not entirely sure she’s even awake yet. Not fair, the kids never let me sleep in that late!