When the end of May felt like the end of the world…

I’ve noticed a trend here.
Every week, the very first thing that I say to you is how sorry I am that I haven’t written in a while.. Well this week’s long time no see is with good reason, believe me.
If anything I was kind of waiting to share the events of the past few weeks with you, until I got some good news to share, and now I do!

I will give fair warning though, a lot has happened in the past 2 weeks, and I I am willing to share what happened with you, I just don’t want to completely overwhelm you.

So, here’s what I’ve decided, I’m gonna tell this story to you in parts-Act 1, 2, (intermission & 3. Just so that I don’t completely bore you to death

Take a deep breath though because I promise its going to be okay!…
No need to worry, even if you are squeamish (it really isn’t all that bad) but I have edited out the gory details for you and I’ll even tell you when and where to skip ahead because I love you **just follow the stars**.
As for the rest of yooouuuu….jury duty, jury duty, blackmail, pink slip, eviction notice, jury duty!

Just kidding!! I had to lighten the mood =) Soo LEGGGOO

ACT 1

So, I actually had another surgery! (Surprise?) It was about 4 weeks ago now and yes it was planned and I’ve really been looking forward to having it done for a couple of months now. You may even remember way back when I first got my prosthetic I said that there was this painful clicking sensation in my arm/elbow that was just so uncomfortable that it completely prevented me from wearing my prosthetic arm at all. Anyway, if you don’t remember, now you know!

But this painful clicking felt somewhat like (what my dr’s said they thought it was, at first), a tendon over my bone… But it actually turned out NOT to be a tendon,but it was actually an enlarged bursa that really really needed to be drained! Do I know how or why it was there… Nope! But apparently it was pretty bad. Not only that, but there were a few other things going on in there too. Such as, a couple of nerve endings that were damaged (but fixed during the surgery), and they also did a debridement on my wound while they were in there as well (basically just cleaned out the dead/ inflamed tissue to prevent an infection from forming).
When the surgery was over, my doctor found my parents, and told them the details of how my surgery went, but I was just a little wonky coming out of anesthesia, so I really had no idea of what happened at all, just that nubbie (my amputated arm) was wrapped up like a really tightly wrapped boxing glove!

The procedure was performed at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philly and just like my last revision in December, it was done as an outpatient procedure. (Meaning that once the surgery was over, and the hospital staff thought that I was stable/well enough on my own, that I would be discharged right then and there, given a few extra bandages and gloves and sent “home”) The thing is though, that I don’t live anywhere near Philly. So just like we did in December, My mom and I stayed at a hotel in Society Hill which is only a few blocks down from the Hospital.

So far, everything that I’ve told you above this paragraph (obvi) are pretty much the most basic details that I can explain to you in the most plain way of saying it…. The rest? Well if you havent done so already, buckle up. No jokes, it’s gonna be a rough and bumpy ride.