Crunch Time!

I've only got a few more days until my surgery and am in full-on crunch time mode. I sat down and made a list of things that I needed to get done before I head to Indianapolis as well as a packing list of things to take. I'm trying to accomplish several things a day so that if I have any last minute hiccups, it won't be cause for panic.

 I continue to do the body prep that the surgeon asked me to do. 

That includes drinking three of these prescription immunonutrition drinks every day. I really like them! (A good thing that I do; I have to drink them post-op, too!)

They have the coolest straw that comes attached to each box. It extends after you open it.

Lightsaber, anyone?  What a great prop for a performance set up! I am actually saving a couple. Not that I show performance anymore, but you never know!

 I am swallowing the vitamins that the surgeon asked me to add into my diet.

And have added in the daily Kefir drink, too. (Luckily, I like it, too.) 

There are daily breathing exercises that I must do in order to prepare my lungs and strengthen my chest wall muscles. I've used a spirometer many times while in the hospital, but never as a part of getting ready for surgery.

I'm walking daily for thirty minutes to build muscles and stamina.

There's a lot of pretty scenery in Indiana - I've enjoyed getting out of hibernation to see it.

   Retail therapy is always fun, but in this case, it was a necessity, too.

I have had enough surgeries to know that, if you don't bring a robe to the hospital, then they will use a second hospital gown to cover your backside while the nurses walk you around in the hallway as part of your recovery. One hospital gown is enough for me, and so now I have a new robe.

One of my sisters did a little retail therapy, too, and bought sister bracelets for me, her, our other sister, and our sister-in-love. It says, "Always my sister, forever my friend." Sisters strong!!

I am a huge reader and always have a book going. (I'm currently reading Book 3, The Hero of Ages, from the Mistborn Trilogy by Brandon Sanderson) Now I am loading my Kindle up with some new titles.

 I even washed Millie and Molly's dishes! (They are our daughter's dogs, but are here several times a week.) That didn't really need to be done as a part of surgery prep, but I'd just steam mopped all the floors and decided to clean them, too while I was in a cleaning mood.

Fishy got a partial water change, a new filter, and a wipe down of the walls of her aquarium, both inside and out. Isn't she pretty? (She was about an inch and a half when I bought her as a pet for my classroom. Four years later, she's eight inches long and still growing!)

It's a little too early to make up some extra sugar water for the hummingbirds, but I did clean the feeders really well before refilling them.

And finally, a big part of my prep is going out to the barn and spending some time with my girl.