Tonight's picture was taken on November 13, 2008. It was the day after Mattie's second big limb salvaging surgery. During that 12+ hour surgery, Mattie's left arm, right leg, and left wrist were operated on. Prosthetics placed in two places and a bone graft at the wrist. What Mattie's surgeries proved to me was that the surgery was the easy part. The hard part was the aftermath! Trying to manage pain and to eventually regain strength and abilities were where the heroic feat came into play. This photo may look peaceful. But I assure you the room was anything BUT peaceful. Mattie was coping with tremendous pain, he was hooked up to IVs and had drains coming out of each operated limb. Making it thoroughly impossible to move and get comfortable.
Quote of the day: Today's coronavirus update from Johns Hopkins.
- number of people diagnosed with the virus: 11,895,876
- number of people who died from the virus: 254,297
I developed a HORRIBLE migraine this afternoon, so I unable to truly look at the computer screen and write much tonight. So this will be short. I got up this morning at 5:30am and ran one chore after the other, just to find a flood going on in my parent's laundry room. There just is NO break with this house. It is hard enough balancing this schedule, but it is close to impossible with a horrific migraine. I am hoping that this feeling passes in 24 hours, as I can work through headaches, but not this level of debilitating symptoms.
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