OK - You asked for it!

The picture show my surgery. The top 3 holes are where they pumped in Carbon Dioxide to inflate my stomach. That makes it easier to work.

The big hole at the bottom is where they took out the gall bladder.

The hole on the left is where they left the drainage tubes for several days.

You can see my hair is starting to grow back.

Yuck - Even I am grossed out.

WHAT A MONTH

This has not been a great month so far. Gall Bladder surgery is a royal pain in the *&$#. It was definitely the worst week of my life. The good thing is that you recover fairly quickly from laparoscopic surgery after a week of misery. I now have 5 new holes in my body, although I don't know what good they are now. Any suggestions? Maybe I could get some good designs by connecting the dots. Although I don't recommend it, I ended up losing about 10 pounds during the process.

Mom and I are finally planning a trip to Hawaii this summer for 10 days. We will spend a week on Kauai and 3 days on Oahu. It should be sometime during the first couple of weeks in July. J, J, J, and J are welcome to join us if you can get there!

Mom and I still have a week to trade this summer at a resort. Any suggestions?

CHRISTMAS IS OVER

Christmas is over, the house is back to normal, things are put away, and I miss all the girls already. We just had our third major snow storm and we are still buried in snow. The East may be in a warm spell, but we are having the coldest and snowiest season ever. There was just a major avalanche on Berthoud Pass that buried 2 cars. Luckily they were able to rescue everyone. We also had our first snow day school cancellation in years and years.




Christmas fun pictures!