Tyra has left the building!!

Great news friends! 

The fibroid is out and that is the only thing to be gone from my body.  My bladder and uterus are fine, surgery was nice and quick (about an hour), i am eating and drinking just fine, and the nausea is mostly non-existent.  Bad Ass Barbie is pretty hopefully that the healing will be easy and that i won't have complications during pregnancy and birth as a result of this surgery. :D

Before surgery, Bad Ass Barbie came into the pre-op room while I was using the restroom.  She was wearing a University of Oregon cap!  I guess my mom gave her some crap about it and told her that i would do the same.  Sure enough, i came back into the room, holding my IV bags in one hand and making sure my gown was together with the other, and said "Doc...i feel slightly betrayed."  We had a good laugh about it...and then she changed her cap. ;)

I just talked to the doctor on call.  He checked the surgery site, took off the dressing, stopped my morphine drip, starting some oral pain killers, and cleared me for discharge tomorrow around noon.  I am so excited to take a shower, sleep without nurses walking in and out, and eat food i want without having to order from a menu.

I am super lucky, though...my nurses have been great and I even managed to take pictures with finger mustaches!  (i'll post them when i get outta here).  Last night, one of my nurses, Olga, was taking me for a walk in the middle of SYTYCD and she got so enthralled!  it was precious.   I am so glad that we have wireless internet in the rooms so i can chat with friends, facebook, and update this sucker! There is only one awkward thing....there is a mentally unstable woman at the end of the hall who, every now and then, growls like a lion.  I have gotten used to it, however, and i am not longer startled when i wake up hearing that.

Thanks for all of your support during this whole ordeal.  I could tell that i had a community of people from around the country that were sending me love, good vibes, and positive energy my way yesterday and it was so comforting.

post-tyra!!