Day 5

Ok so I think the swelling started decreasing the tiniest amount on my right side. But at this point I am still going to be a chubby bunny when I go back to work in a week and a half. I can't even imagine going to to work right now. This is the first time I've been on leave and actually have not even checked emails on my blackberry.

Well, the past 2 days my face has been getting tingly. It randomly feels like there is a doctor stitching up my face, like its being pulled in all directions. I've realized that I am so dehydrated that when I have to take my pills (all 5) followed by nose spray and blistex, I'm so exhausted I have to take a nap.

Sleep is a whole other issue, it may look like I'm sleeping but the truth is the pressure headache is so intense that I'm sensitive to loud noises and lights. So I just lay there, half asleep with my eyes closed waiting for time to go by.That's the other thing I've noticed, when you don't really sleep time goes by sooo much slower. In the hospital I was getting so cranky because I thought we had already been there 2 days, but really it was only the first night. I feel like this process would be so much more comfortable if I could just veg out drinking smoothies all day while watching game of thrones.

On the bright side, I don't really have an appetite so at least I'm not starving all the time. My mom even had the audacity to eat pizza next to me last night! If she hadn't been taking such good care of me I might have even been annoyed seeing as it is my all time favorite food.

And as we can see in today's picture, clean and brushed hair courtesy of the mama lady. Don't I look pretty?